Where does “pugil” come from?

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

pugil (Latin): a boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead

Definitions

  1. a boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead

Ancestry of “pugil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ilis-ile
2Proto-Italic-elis—
3Proto-Indo-European-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “pugil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →