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Etymology of the English word sweatbox

the English word sweatbox
derived from the English word sweat
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *swaita
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sweid-
derived from the English word box
derived from the Classical Latin word buxus (boxwood; a box tree; instrument)
derived from the Greek word puxos
derived from the Late Latin word buxis
derived from the Greek word puxis, πυξίς
derived from the Greek word puxos

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