Where does “pugilist” come from?

pugilist (Romanian) comes from French pugiliste, from English pugilist, 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.

pugilist (Romanian): pugilist, boxer

Definitions

  1. pugilist, boxer

Ancestry of “pugilist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpugilistepugilist; boxer
2EnglishpugilistOne who fights with his fists; especially a...
3Latinpugila boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “pugilist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin pugil →
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