English
jawbox
Jawbox comes from English jaw ‘to pour, throw out, splash’.
- English1500–presentjaw‘to pour, throw out, splash’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983jawbox
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentjaw‘to pour, throw out, splash’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983jawbox
Earliest quotation: 1983, Bernard MacLaverty, Cal (chapter 3: “After a week he had to accept that he…”
Every English word from English jaw
Today it means
noun A tenement sink.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English jaw / jawbox