Where does “boxer” come from?
boxer (Romanian) comes from German boxer, from German boxen, from Italian boxare, from Russian боксировать, from Russian бокс, from French boxe, from French boxer, from English box — army.
boxer (Romanian): boxer participant in a boxing match
Definitions
- boxer participant in a boxing match
Ancestry of “boxer”, step by step
boxer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German boxer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | boxer | boxer |
| 2 | German | boxen | to box |
| 3 | Italian | boxare | to box |
| 4 | Russian | боксировать | to box |
| 5 | Russian | бокс | boxing; box; box cut |
| 6 | French | boxe | Combat sport between two adversaries; Boxing;... |
| 7 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 8 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 9 | Latin | bōx | a kind of marine fish |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βῶξ | box |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | βόαξ | bogue (Boops boops) small fish |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 13 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via French boxeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | boxeur | boxer |
| 2 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 3 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |