Where does “buks” come from?

buks (Dutch) comes from German Buchs, from Old Saxon buhs, from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος — box tree; boxwood.

buks (Dutch): shotgun; box

Definitions

  1. shotgun; box

Ancestry of “buks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBuchsboxwood; genitive singular of Buch
2Old Saxonbuhs—
3Latinbuxusthe evergreen box tree; a thing made of boxwood
4Ancient Greekπύξοςbox tree; boxwood

Words derived from “buks”

Every word from Ancient Greek πύξος →Every word from Latin buxus →Every word from Old Saxon buhs →