Where does “pixidă” come from?

pixidă (Romanian) comes from French pyxide, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς, from Ancient Greek πύξος — box tree; boxwood.

pixidă (Romanian): pyxis

Definitions

  1. pyxis

Ancestry of “pixidă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpyxidepyxis
2LatinpyxisA small box, for holding medicines or toiletries
3Ancient Greekπυξίςbox made of boxwood, box; tablet made of boxwood;...
4Ancient Greekπύξοςbox tree; boxwood
Every word from Ancient Greek πύξος