Where does “pugilator” come from?

pugilator (Latin) comes 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.

pugilator (Latin): boxer, pugilist

Definitions

  1. boxer, pugilist

Ancestry of “pugilator”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pugilator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →