Etymology

wheelbox

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Today it means: A box beneath a ship's wheel containing the steering gear. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  4. Old Englishhwēol
  5. Middle Englishwhel
  6. Englishwheel
  7. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  8. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  9. Late Latinbuxis
  10. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  11. Old Englishbox
  12. Middle Englishbox
  13. Englishbox
  14. English todaywheelbox

From wheel + box.

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