English

topbox

From top + box.

A compound of top + box

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

Today it means

noun Synonym of trunk (“storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle”).

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