conc▪ Rolland2014a: from It bussola, f. corresponding to bossolo ‘little vase, (wooden) recipient’, hence Fr boussole, itself orig. placed in a little wooden chest; bossolo is from vulgLat *buxula, from Lat buxis ‘chest made from boxwood’, from Grk puxís ‘id.’, from púxos ‘boxwood’, of unknown origin. See also ↗baqs.
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