## Etymology
A compound of ice + box. Ice is from Old English is, from Proto-Germanic *isaz; box is from Old English box, from Latin buxus ('boxwood').

## AI Etymology
icebox is a compound of ice + box. Ice is from Old English is, from Proto-Germanic *isaz; box is from Old English box, from Latin buxus ('boxwood'). Morphologically, the word is best read through the components named in the history, with the modern spelling preserving a compound structure rather than a single unanalyzable stem. In present English, the noun sense is "an insulated cabinet cooled by ice; an early or informal term for a refrigerator", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as ice and box. Its semantic neighborhood includes refrigerator, fridge, cooler, and coolbox, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English is and Old English box.

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