Where does “pugilista” come from?

pugilista (Italian) comes from Italian pugile, 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.

pugilista (Italian): boxer, pugilist

Definitions

  1. boxer, pugilist

Ancestry of “pugilista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpugileboxer, pugilist
2Latinpugila boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “pugilista”

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