Where does “Boxer” come from?
Boxer (English) comes from German boxer, from German boxen, from Italian boxare, from Russian боксировать, from Russian бокс, from French boxe, from English box, from French boxer — he, she.
Boxer (English): A Chinese anti-imperial and anti-foreigner rebel...
Definitions
- A Chinese anti-imperial and anti-foreigner rebel...
Ancestry of “Boxer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | boxer | — |
| 2 | German | boxen | to box |
| 3 | Italian | boxare | to box |
| 4 | Russian | боксировать | to box |
| 5 | Russian | бокс | boxing; box; box cut |
| 6 | French | boxe | Combat sport between two adversaries; Boxing;... |
| 7 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 8 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 9 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 10 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 11 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 12 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 13 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 18 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |