Etymology of the English word saucebox
the English word
sauceboxderived from the English word
saucederived from the Old French word
saucederived from the Latin word
salsaderived from the Latin word
salsus (salted, salty, preserved in salt)
derived from the Latin word
sallere (salt, salt down, preserve with salt)
derived from the New Latin word
sal (salt; wit)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sal-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
