Etymology

boxlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of a box. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English box
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  2. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  3. Late Latinbuxis
  4. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  5. Old Englishbox
  6. Middle Englishbox
  7. Englishbox
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. English todayboxlike

From box + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.