myEtymology.com: English etymology of firebox

Etymology of the English word firebox

the English word firebox

derived from the English word box

derived from the Classical Latin word buxus (boxwood; a box tree; instrument)

derived from the Greek word puxos

derived from the Late Latin word buxis

derived from the Greek word puxis, πυξίς

derived from the Greek word puxos

derived from the English word fire

derived from the English word fir

derived from the Middle Dutch word vierde

derived from the English word fur

derived from the Old French word forrer

derived from the Old French word feurre

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pa-

derived from the Frankish root *fodar

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *paəwr₀

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *fothram

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *furkhon

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *fuir

Word found in Modern English