English
traycase
From tray + case.
Proto-Indo-European *drewo- ‘tree’
Proto-Germanic *trawją ‘wooden vessel’
Proto-West Germanic *trauwi
Old English trēġ ‘wooden board, tray’
Middle English trey ‘a tray’
English tray
Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- ‘to fall’
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Latin cadō ‘to fall’
Latin cāsus ‘a fall; accident, chance’
Old French cas ‘an event’
Middle English cas
English case
Today it means
noun A lidded box in which a book or books can be presented.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / traycase