English

farebox

From fare + box.

A compound of fare + box

Middle English fare

English fare

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

Today it means

noun A box into which passengers drop their bus or train fare.

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