English

endbox

From end + box.

A compound of end + box

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face, forehead, front’

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Proto-Germanic *andijaz ‘end’

Proto-West Germanic *andī ‘end’

Old English ende ‘end’

Middle English ende ‘end’

English end

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

Today it means

noun goalbox

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