myEtymology.com: English etymology of gearbox

Etymology of the English word gearbox

the English word gearbox

derived from the English word gear

derived from the Old Norse word gervi

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *garwin-

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

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 Latin word transmissio (sending-across; passage; L:tax payment)

derived from the Latin word transmissus (crossing, passage)

derived from the Latin word transmittere (send across; go across; transmit)

using the Latin prefix trans-

derived from the Latin word trans (beyond, across)

derived from the Medieval Latin word mittere (to send; send, throw, hurl)

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