pyxis · noun1
- Latin · borrowed frompyxis“small box”
- English todaypyxis
From Latin pyxis (“small box”). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyx.
Pyxis · proper noun2
- Latin · borrowed frompyxis“little box”
- English todayPyxis
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1763, and originally called Pyxis Nautica (“nautical compass”), from Latin pyxis (“little box”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpyxis all →
pyx
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