boxlike

English

Alternative forms

• box-like

Etymology

Etymology tree

substrateder.?

Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)

Pre-Greekder.

Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs)

Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.

Late Latin buxisbor.

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā

Old English box

Middle English box

English box

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-West Germanic *-līk

Old English -līċ

Middle English -like

English -like

English boxlike

From box + -like.

Adjective

boxlike (comparative more boxlike, superlative most boxlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a box.
   • 1958 September, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601:

     The steel skin covering the framing is welded to it and to the underframe, forming a boxlike construction.

Translations

similar to a box

• Hungarian: dobozszerű
• Manx: gollrish kishtey