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Where does “boxered” come from?

boxered (English) comes from English Boxer, from German boxer, from German boxen, from Italian boxare, from Russian боксировать, from Russian бокс, from French boxe, from English box — he, she.

boxered (English): Wearing a pair of boxer shorts

Definitions

  1. Wearing a pair of boxer shorts

Ancestry of “boxered”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBoxerA Chinese anti-imperial and anti-foreigner rebel...
2Germanboxer—
3Germanboxento box
4Italianboxareto box
5Russianбоксироватьto box
6Russianбоксboxing; box; box cut
7FrenchboxeCombat sport between two adversaries; Boxing;...
8EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
9Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
10French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
11English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
12Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
13Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
14Latin-āre—
15Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
16Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
17Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
18Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
19Chichewaiyehe, she
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