bossolo

Italian (Fiorentino)

noun

Definitions

shell casing
cartridge
box
(regional) box tree

Etymology

Inherited from Latin buxus (box tree, thing made from boxwood, boxwood).

Origin

Latin

buxus

Gloss

box tree, thing made from boxwood, boxwood

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

buxetum Latin
buxifer Latin
buxis Latin
buxus Latin
Buchs German
buxus Dutch, Flemish
πυξίς Ancient Greek
πύξος Ancient Greek
*bʰuH Proto-Indo-European
*buhsuz Proto-Germanic
boix Catalan, Valencian
buxo Galician
bush Albanian
bos Friulian
bos Dalmatian