English

abox

Abox comes from English box ‘boxhaul’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of a- + box ‘boxhaul’

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

adv Braced aback

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.