Where does “expúgil” come from?

expúgil (Spanish) comes from Spanish púgil, 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.

expúgil (Spanish): former fighter

Definitions

  1. former fighter

Ancestry of “expúgil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpúgilboxer, pugilist
2Latinpugila boxer, pugilist; a hardened forehead
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin pugil →