Etymology of the English word lockbox
the English word
lockboxderived 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
puxosderived from the English word
lockderived from the Proto-Germanic word
lukkasderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*lukanUsage
Word found in Modern English