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Where does “boxy” come from?

Boxy comes from English box plus the suffix -y, itself from Latin -ia via Middle French -ie, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.

boxy (English): Box-like or box-shaped

Definitions

  1. Box-like or box-shaped

Ancestry of “boxy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
2Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
5Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
6Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “boxy”

  • boxiness
  • boxily
  • unboxy
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