Etymology

boxing

box·ing
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Today it means: A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout. Full definition →

English box ← Middle English box
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boxing · verb, noun1

  1. Middle Englishbox
  2. Englishbox
  3. English todayboxing

From box (“to punch”) + -ing.

boxing · noun, verb2

  1. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  2. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  3. Late Latinbuxis
  4. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  5. Old Englishbox
  6. Middle Englishbox
  7. Englishbox
  8. English todayboxing

From box + -ing.

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