Etymology

cambox

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Today it means: A metal "box" that houses cams, in the same manner that a gearbox houses gears. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵembʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵómbʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*kambaz
  4. Proto-West Germanicᚲᚨᛒᚨ
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kamb
  6. Old Dutch*kamb
  7. Middle Dutchkamp
  8. Dutchkam
  9. Englishcam
  10. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  11. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  12. Late Latinbuxis
  13. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  14. Old Englishbox
  15. Middle Englishbox
  16. Englishbox
  17. English todaycambox

From cam + box.

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