Where does “チェックボックス” come from?

チェックボックス (Japanese) comes from English checkbox, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.

チェックボックス (Japanese): checkbox a window item, on the computer screen, which toggles check/uncheck by a single click

Definitions

  1. checkbox a window item, on the computer screen, which toggles check/uncheck by a single click

Ancestry of “チェックボックス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheckboxA space on a paper form that can be optionally...
2EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
3Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-ārefirst conjugation
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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