Etymograph

English

groovebox

From groove + box, originally used by Roland Corporation to refer to its MC-303, released in 1996.

A compound of groove + box

Middle English grov

English groove

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

The story

From groove + box, originally used by Roland Corporation to refer to its MC-303, released in 1996.

Today it means

noun A self-contained instrument for the production of live, loop-based electronic music with a high degree of improvisation.

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

Etymograph / groovebox