English
throwbox
From throw + box.
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub’
Proto-Germanic *þrēaną ‘to twist’
Proto-West Germanic *þrāan ‘to twist’
Old English þrāwan ‘to turn’
Middle English throwen ‘to throw’
English throw
Late Latin buxis ‘box’
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’
Old English box ‘box, case’
Middle English box ‘container’
English box
Today it means
noun A stationary access point used to forward data in a delay-tolerant network.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “throwbox”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / throwbox