Where does “pugiliste” come from?

pugiliste (Italian) comes from Italian pugilista, 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.

pugiliste (Italian): plural of pugilista

Definitions

  1. plural of pugilista

Ancestry of “pugiliste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpugilistaboxer, pugilist
2Italianpugileboxer, pugilist
3Latinpugila boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin pugil →