Etymograph

English

sweatbox

From sweat + box.

A compound of sweat + box

Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- ‘to sweat’

Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- ‘to sweat’

Proto-Germanic *swait-

Old English swāt

Middle English swete ‘blood’

English sweat

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

Today it means

noun Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco

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

Etymograph / sweatbox