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Where does “kickboxing” come from?

kickboxing (Spanish) comes from English kickboxing, from Japanese キックボクシング, from English boxing, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.

kickboxing (Spanish): kickboxing

Definitions

  1. kickboxing

Ancestry of “kickboxing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkickboxingA hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai,...
2Japaneseキックボクシング—
3Englishboxingpresent participle of box; A sport where two...
4EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
5Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
8Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
9Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
10Latin-āre—
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
15Chichewaiyehe, she
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