buxis

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box”). Doublet of buxus and pyxis.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sis/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sis/,

Noun

buxis m (genitive buxidis); third declension

(Late Latin) a box

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	buxis	buxidēs
genitive	buxidis	buxidum
dative	buxidī	buxidibus
accusative	buxidem	buxidēs
ablative	buxide	buxidibus
vocative	buxis	buxidēs

Descendants

Vulgar Latin: *buxita
- Old French: boiste
  - French: boîte, boite (post-1990 spelling)
    - Haitian Creole: bwat
    - → Malagasy: boaty
    - Mauritian Creole: bwat
    - → Moore: boata
    - Seychellois Creole: bwat
    - → Sicilian: buatta
    - → Portuguese: boate
    - → Spanish: boîte
  - Norman: boête
  - → Breton: boest
- Old Galician-Portuguese: buxeta, bucheta, boceta, buceta, bueta, buçeta
  - Galician: buceta
  - Portuguese: boceta, buceta (misspelling or alternative spelling)
- Old Spanish:
  - Spanish: buje
- → Proto-West Germanic: *buhsā (see there for further descendants)

References

buxis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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