## Etymology
An American compound of box + car. Box is from Old English box, from Late Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek pyxis ('boxwood container'); car from Old French carre, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle').

## AI Etymology
Boxcar is an American compound of box + car. Box is from Old English box, from Late Latin buxis, from Ancient Greek pyxis ('boxwood container'); car from Old French carre, from Latin carrus ('wheeled vehicle'). Important recorded forms include buxis (Latin) and carrus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers an enclosed railroad freight car. The wider family includes related words such as box and car.

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