myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of box

Etymology of the Spanish word box

the Spanish 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

derived from the English word to box

Dutch buksboom, Dutch bus, English box, French boîte, French buis, German Buchhalter, German Buchse, German Büchse, Icelandic byssa, Italian bosso, Norwegian buksbom, Portuguese buxo, Portuguese boeta, Provençal boissa, Provençal bois, Swedish buxbom, Swedish bössa