Where does “kickboxing” come from?
kickboxing (Portuguese) comes from English kickboxing, from Japanese キックボクシング, from English boxing, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.
kickboxing (Portuguese): kickboxing sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet
Definitions
- kickboxing sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet
Ancestry of “kickboxing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kickboxing | A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai,... |
| 2 | Japanese | キックボクシング | kickboxing |
| 3 | English | boxing | present participle of box; A sport where two... |
| 4 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 5 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 6 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |