Where does “pugilisticamente” come from?

pugilisticamente (Italian) comes from Italian pugilistico, from Portuguese pugilista, from Portuguese púgil, 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.

pugilisticamente (Italian): pugilistically

Definitions

  1. pugilistically

Ancestry of “pugilisticamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpugilisticopugilistic; boxer
2Portuguesepugilistapugilist, boxer
3Portuguesepúgilboxer
4Latinpugila boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-elis—
8Proto-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 →