Where does “kickbox” come from?
kickbox (English) comes from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
kickbox (English): To take part in the martial art of kickboxing; To...
Definitions
- To take part in the martial art of kickboxing; To...
Ancestry of “kickbox”, step by step
kickbox traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English box
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 2 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English kick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kick | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity... |
| 2 | English | kick the bucket | To die; Of a machine, to break down such that it... |
| 3 | English | bucket | A container made of rigid material, often with a... |
| 4 | Middle English | boket | bucket |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | buket | tub, pail; bucket |
| 6 | Old French | buc | abdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;... |
| 7 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 8 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 11 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 12 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |