Etymology of the English word matchbox
the English word
matchboxderived from the English word
matchderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mag- (kneading)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*gamakonderived 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
