Etymology of the English word casebox
the English word
caseboxderived from the English word
casederived from the French word
cassederived from the Latin word
capsa (box; cylindrical case, bookcase; receptacle for things)
derived from the Late Latin word
capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kap-derived from the Old Provençal word
cassaderived from the Latin word
cattiaderived from the Greek word
kuathion, κυάϑιον
derived from the Greek word
kuathos, κύαϑος
derived from the Greek word
kuathos, κύαϑος
derived 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