Etymology of the English word soundbox
the English word
soundboxderived 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
soundderived from the Old French word
sonderived from the Late Latin word
sonus (noise, sound)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*swen-derived from the Old French word
sonerderived from the Proto-Germanic word
sumdanderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*sundasUsage
Word found in Modern English
