Etymology of the English word snuffbox
the English word
snuffboxderived 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
snuffderived from the German word
snuffenderived from the Middle Dutch word
snuffenderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*snuf-Usage
Word found in Modern English
