Where does “Buchs” come from?

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

Buchs (German): boxwood; genitive singular of Buch

Definitions

  1. boxwood; genitive singular of Buch

Ancestry of “Buchs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Buchs”

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