English
boxer
From box + -er.
Formed from box + -er
Late Latin buxis ‘box’
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’
Old English box ‘box, case’
Middle English box ‘container’
English box
Another origin of boxer
- English1500–presentbox
- Germanc. 1650–presentboxen‘to box’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentBoxer‘boxer (fighter)’
- Englishtodayboxer
Today it means
noun A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / boxer