English

imbox

From im- + box.

Formed from in- + box

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

Today it means

verb To enclose in a box, or as if in a box.

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