English

airbox

From air + box.

A compound of air + box

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ ‘mist, air’

Latin āēr

Old French air

Middle English aire

English air

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

Today it means

noun The chamber in a car or motorcycle engine that draws in air and distributes it to the carburettors.

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