The story
- Proto-Indo-European*pil-?
- Latinpilus?
- Latinpila
- Latinpilula, pillula
- Middle Low Germanpille
- Middle Dutchpille
- Middle Englishpille
- Englishpill
- Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
- Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
- Late Latinbuxis
- Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
- Old Englishbox
- Middle Englishbox
- Englishbox
- English todaypillbox
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.