buxis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box”). Doublet of buxus and pyxis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbʊk.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbuk.sis] === Noun === buxis m (genitive buxidis); third declension (Late Latin) a box ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *buxita Old French: boisteFrench: boîte, boite (post-1990 spelling)Haitian Creole: bwatMauritian Creole: bwatSeychellois Creole: bwat→ Malagasy: boaty→ Moore: boata→ Sicilian: buatta→ Portuguese: boate→ Spanish: boîteNorman: boête→ Breton: boest→ Italian: busta Old Galician-Portuguese: buxeta, boceta, boçeta, buceta, buçeta, bucheta, buetaGalician: bucetaPortuguese: boceta, buceta (pronunciation spelling) Old Spanish: Spanish: buje → Proto-West Germanic: *buhsā (see there for further descendants) ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *buxula (or from buxus) Italian: bussola (see there for further descendants) === References === "buxis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)