Etymology of the French word buis
the French word
buisderived from the Classical Latin word
buxus (boxwood; a box tree; instrument)
derived from the Greek word
puxosDate
The earliest known usage of buis in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
buisse,
buissaie,
buiserCognates
Dutch
buksboom, Dutch
bus, English
box, French
boîte, German
Buchhalter, German
Buchse, German
Büchse, Icelandic
byssa, Italian
bosso, Norwegian
buksbom, Portuguese
buxo, Portuguese
boeta, Provençal
boissa, Provençal
bois, Spanish
box, Swedish
buxbom, Swedish
bössa
