bos
Friulian
noun
Definitions
- box (tree)
- boxwood
Etymology
Inherited from Latin buxus (box tree, thing made from boxwood, boxwood) derived from Ancient Greek πύξος (boxwood, box tree).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πύξος
Gloss
boxwood, box tree
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- buxetum Latin
- buxifer Latin
- buxis Latin
- buxus Latin
- Buchs German
- bossolo Italian
- buxus Dutch, Flemish
- παράπυξος Ancient Greek
- πυξίον Ancient Greek
- πυξίς Ancient Greek
- πύξινος Ancient Greek
- πύξος Ancient Greek
- *bʰuH Proto-Indo-European
- *buhsuz Proto-Germanic
- boix Catalan, Valencian
- buxo Galician
- bush Albanian
- bos Dalmatian