Where does “boîte de dépôt” come from?

boîte de dépôt (French) comes from French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin depositum, from Latin dēpōnō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.

boîte de dépôt (French): dropbox

Definitions

  1. dropbox

Ancestry of “boîte de dépôt”, step by step

boîte de dépôt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French dépôt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdépôtwarehouse, store, depot, depository; act of...
2Old Frenchdepost
3Medieval Latindepositumaccusative supine of dēpōnō; deposit
4Latindēpōnōto lay, set, put or place aside or away; deposit
5Latindē-of; from
6Latinof; concerning; about
7Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
8Latinposteablative singular of postis
9Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via French boîte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchboîtebox; tin, can; Ellipsis of boîte de nuit: club,...
2Old Frenchboistebox, container
3Vulgar Latinbuxita
4Latinbuxisa box
5LatinpyxisA small box, for holding medicines or toiletries
6Ancient Greekπυξίςbox made of boxwood, box; tablet made of boxwood;...
7Ancient Greekπύξοςbox tree; boxwood

via French

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdie; diced slice; thimble
2Middle Frenchdeof; from
3Old Frenchdie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Latin dē-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti