Where does “pugilat” come from?
pugilat (Romanian) comes from French pugilat, from Latin pugilatus, from Latin pugilor, 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.
pugilat (Romanian): boxing
Ancestry of “pugilat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pugilat | pugilism, fist-fighting; boxing |
| 2 | Latin | pugilatus | a boxing, fighting with the cestus |
| 3 | Latin | pugilor | I fight with the fist or cestus; I am a boxer |
| 4 | Latin | pugil | a boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |