Etymology

unbox

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Today it means: To remove from a box. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  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 todayunbox

From un- + box.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.