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Where does “bandbox” come from?

Bandbox comes from English box, Latin box, Ancient Greek βώξ, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-, the root meaning to bind or bend.

bandbox (English): A box of lightweight construction for carrying...

Definitions

  1. A box of lightweight construction for carrying...

Ancestry of “bandbox”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbandA strip of material used for strengthening or...
2Germanbandpast of binden
3Frenchbandeband, strip; stripe; strip
4Frenchlàthere; here, present
5Italianlàthere
6Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
7Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
8GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
9Germana-MollA-minor
10Hungarianathe; this; that
11Frenchàto; on the, to; at
12Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
13Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
14LatinA—
15Etruscan𐌀—
16Ancient Greekᾱ̔—

Words derived from “bandbox”

  • bandboxy
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