English

fusebox

From fuse + box.

A compound of fuse + box

Latin fūsus ‘spindle’

Italian fuso

English fuse

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 small distribution board containing the fuses or circuit breakers for a domestic electricity power supply.

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