Etymograph

English

infobox

From info + box.

A compound of info + box

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 consistently-formatted table which is present in articles with a common subject, typically at the top right corner of the page.

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

Etymograph / infobox