Where does “buxo” come from?

buxo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese buxo, from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος — box tree; boxwood.

buxo (Galician): box

Definitions

  1. box

Ancestry of “buxo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebuxo—
2Latinbuxusthe evergreen box tree; a thing made of boxwood
3Ancient Greekπύξοςbox tree; boxwood

Words derived from “buxo”

Every word from Ancient Greek πύξος →Every word from Latin buxus →Every word from Old Portuguese buxo →