Packet Inspection

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:59 AM -0800 Remco Treffkorn 
<remco at rvt.com> wrote:

> Very observant. Both 'package'  and 'packet' translate into German as
> 'Packet'.

Aha. Never thought about the etymology before. Here's the entries for the 
two at my favorite dictionary site:

<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=packet>

<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=package>

So "package" is something that has been packed, and "packet" is a small 
package. Does German have something like the English (or is it French?) 
"ette" suffix for creating diminutives from other words?