English

goalbox

From goal + box.

A compound of goal + box

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to yawn’

Proto-Germanic *gailō ‘crevice’

Proto-West Germanic *gailu

Old English *gāl ‘obstacle’

Middle English gol ‘boundary’

English goal

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 compartment of a maze etc. that the animal subject is intended to reach in a psychology experiment.

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