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Where does “boxeurs” come from?

boxeurs (Norman) comes from English boxers, from English boxer, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.

boxeurs (Norman): boxer shorts

Definitions

  1. boxer shorts

Ancestry of “boxeurs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishboxersplural of boxer; API pl; Boxer shorts
2EnglishboxerA participant in a boxing match; A breed of...
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-āre—
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
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