buxis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sis/, [ˈbʊks̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sis/, [ˈbuksis]

Noun

buxis m (genitive buxidis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) a box

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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)