Where does “pugile” come from?

pugile (Italian) comes from Latin pugil, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pugile (Italian): boxer, pugilist

Definitions

  1. boxer, pugilist

Ancestry of “pugile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpugila boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “pugile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin pugil →
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