Etymology

pillbox

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Today it means: A small box in which pills are kept. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pil-?
  2. Latinpilus?
  3. Latinpila
  4. Latinpilula, pillula
  5. Middle Low Germanpille
  6. Middle Dutchpille
  7. Middle Englishpille
  8. Englishpill
  9. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  10. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  11. Late Latinbuxis
  12. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  13. Old Englishbox
  14. Middle Englishbox
  15. Englishbox
  16. English todaypillbox

From pill + box.

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