علبة

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

box, chest, trunk, can

Έννοιες

κουτί

συσκευασία

κουτάκι

Συνώνυμα

صندوق

عبوة

📦

حاوية

Μεταφράσεις

box

📦

caja

📦

boîte

📦

cápsula

packet

capsule

cápsula

Kasten

capsula

bote

⛵

package

📦

Schachtel

pack

capsule

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From the root ع ل ب (ʕ l b).
Compared by Paul Haupt to Akkadian 𒀀𒆷𒈪𒌅 (a-la-mi-tu /⁠alamittu, elamittu, alabattu⁠/, “a kind of palm-tree”), as عُلْبَة (ʕulba), عَلَبَة (ʕalaba), collective عُلَب (ʕulab), is also recorded as the name of a tall palm-tree, from which the box would have been made; comparing also the vessel name Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστος (alábastos), ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).