Etymology

breadbox

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Today it means: A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh. Full definition →

English box ← Middle English box ← Old English box
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*braudą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*braud
  4. Old Englishbrēad
  5. Middle Englishbred
  6. Englishbread
  7. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  8. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  9. Late Latinbuxis
  10. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  11. Old Englishbox
  12. Middle Englishbox
  13. Englishbox
  14. English todaybreadbox

From bread + box.

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