English

kickbox

From kick + box.

A compound of kick + box

Proto-Germanic *kaikaz ‘bent backwards’

Old Norse kikna ‘to sink at the knees’

Middle English kyken ‘to strike out with the foot’

English kick

Late Latin buxis ‘box’

Proto-West Germanic *buhsā ‘box’

Old English box ‘box, case’

Middle English box ‘container’

English box

Today it means

verb To take part in the martial art of kickboxing.

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