Sumpter Definition

Origin of Sumpter

• Middle English driver of a packhorse from Old French sometier from Vulgar Latin saumatārius from Late Latin sagma sagmat- packsaddle from Greek from sattein to pack

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Old French sometier, from late Latin sagma, from Greek σαγμα "˜pack-saddle'.

  From Wiktionary