myEtymology.com: French etymology of box

Etymology of the French word box

the French word box

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

Romanian boxă

Dutch box, Dutch boxcalf, German Box, German Boxkalf, Icelandic box, Norwegian bokskalv, Swedish box, Swedish boxkalv