pyx

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπῠξῐ́ς“box; box or tablet made of boxwood; cylinder”
2. Koine Greek · derived fromπυξίς
3. Latin · derived frompyxis“small box for medicines or toiletries; box holding sample coins for testing; hip bone socket; sailor's compass”
4. Late Latin · derived frompyxis“vessel for holding a host”
5. Middle English · inherited frompix
6. English todaypyx

The noun is derived from Late Middle English pix, pixe (“vessel for holding a host, pyx; hip bone socket, pyxis”) [and other forms], from Late Latin pyxis (“vessel for holding a host”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries; box holding sample coins for testing; hip bone socket; sailor's compass”), from Koine Greek πυξίς (puxís), Ancient Greek πῠξῐ́ς (pŭxĭ́s, “box; box or tablet made of boxwood; cylinder”), from πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “box tree; boxwood”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, suffix forming feminine nouns). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyxis. The verb is derived from the noun.

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