Where does “복싱하다” come from?

복싱하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 복싱, from English boxing, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.

복싱하다 (Korean): to box (as a sport)

Definitions

  1. to box (as a sport)

Ancestry of “복싱하다”, step by step

복싱하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 복싱

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean복싱boxing
2Englishboxingpresent participle of box; A sport where two...
3EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
4Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
5French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
6English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
7Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
8Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
9Latin-ārefirst conjugation
10Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
11Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
14Chichewaiyehe, she

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다
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