Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid. · A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container. · A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc. · A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
Etymology tree substrateder.? Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor. Late Latin buxisbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā Old English box Middle English box English box From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis. Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”). The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen. (motor racing): Used since it is more distinct over the radio compared to pit. Also from German Boxenstopp (“pit stop”).
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- Inherited-form mentionboxenm · container, box, cup
- Inherited-form mentionboxang
- Inherited-form mention*buhsāgmw-pro
- Derivation mentionpyxisla
- Cognate mentionπυξίςgrc
- Doublet mentionpiseogen
- Doublet mentionpyxen
- Doublet mentionpyxisen
- Cognate mentionbossedum
- Cognate mentionbosnl
- Cognate mentionbuhsagoh
- Cognate mentionbuhsegmh
- Cognate mentionBüchsede
- Cognate mentionbössasv
- Derivation mentionBoxenstoppde
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