Etymology of the English word boxboy
the English word
boxboyderived from the English word
boyderived from the Old French word
embuiéderived from the Old French word
embuierderived from the English word
boxderived from the Classical Latin word
buxus (boxwood; a box tree; instrument)
derived from the Greek word
puxosderived from the Late Latin word
buxisderived from the Greek word
puxis, πυξίς
derived from the Greek word
puxosUsage
Word found in Modern English