cambox

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos

Proto-Germanic *kambaz

Proto-West Germanic ᚲᚨᛒᚨ

Proto-West Germanic *kamb

Old Dutch *kamb

Middle Dutch kamp

Dutch kamder.

English cam

Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)

Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs)

Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.

Late Latin buxisbor.

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā

Old English box

Middle English box

English box

English cambox

From cam + box.

cambox (plural camboxes)

(mechanical engineering) A metal "box" that houses cams, in the same manner that a gearbox houses gears.
- 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149:
  André took off the cambox covers on a Chapelon and described in detail the action of the valves and the method of setting.