Where does “боксировать” come from?
боксировать (Russian) comes from Russian бокс, from French boxe, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
боксировать (Russian): to box
Definitions
- to box
Ancestry of “боксировать”, step by step
боксировать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian бокс
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бокс | boxing; box; box cut |
| 2 | French | boxe | Combat sport between two adversaries; Boxing;... |
| 3 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 4 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Spanish boxear
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | boxear | to box |
| 2 | Spanish | -ear | forms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some... |
| 3 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -id- | — |