A bundle, package, or burden; a small amount or parcel of something to be carried.
From Old French 'fardel,' possibly from Arabic 'fardla' or 'firdah' (bundle, load). This word entered English through trade and contact with Arabic-speaking peoples, preserving its original sense of portable cargo.
The word 'fardel' traveled from Arabic into Old French and then English through medieval Mediterranean trade—it shows how commerce created a vocabulary for managing goods and cargo across multiple languages and cultures.
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