English

teabox

From tea + box.

A compound of tea + box

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la ‘leaf’

Hokkien 茶

Dutch thee

English tea

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 box for carrying or storing tea; a tea chest or tea caddy.

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