Where does “boxă” come from?
boxă (Romanian) comes from French box, from English box, from Latin bōx, from Ancient Greek βῶξ, from Ancient Greek βόαξ, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos — army.
boxă (Romanian): stall
Definitions
- stall
Ancestry of “boxă”, step by step
boxă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French box
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | box | stall (for a horse), loose box |
| 2 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 3 | Latin | bōx | a kind of marine fish |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βῶξ | box |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βόαξ | bogue (Boops boops) small fish |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 7 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via French boxer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 2 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |