When and where does the word Boxing come from?

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 17 Feb 2004, 15:32

Hope I'm not making myself look silly here but does anyone know when and where the word 'Boxing' came from?

joneva · Post by **joneva** » 17 Feb 2004, 17:04

Apparently it might have come from the Dutch word "boken", meaning to shunt or push into position, in the fourteenth century.

On the other hand, the word "box", meaning a four sided container, comes from the Latin "buxus" which in turn comes from the Greek "puxos". Maybe if early fighters fought in a squared off area (maybe with sides?) then I can imagine them being called "boxers" because they fought in a box.

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 18 Feb 2004, 06:32

I'm sorry to say but I've never heard of the word "boken"

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 18 Feb 2004, 07:10

I hardly finished any education but i've never heard of the word "boken" either, my knowledge of 14th-century dutch might be somewhat....rusty

"Beuken" maybe, but that's a bit far from boxing

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 18 Feb 2004, 07:17

Beuken makes sense

joneva · Post by **joneva** » 18 Feb 2004, 09:29

Here's the reference for "boken".

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 18 Feb 2004, 09:48

Eh.......

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 18 Feb 2004, 10:43

joneva wrote:Here's the reference for "boken".

?

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 18 Feb 2004, 11:11

click on "the reference"

My knowledge of dutch might not be what I thought it was

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 18 Feb 2004, 11:34

Ik book
Jij bookt
Hij bookt
Wij boken
Jullie boken
Zij boken
Ik heb gebookt

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 18 Feb 2004, 11:41

Ik heb haar gebookt

Just googled on "boken" it seems to be a word in Swedisch.

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 18 Feb 2004, 11:47

Boken is not in the fat guy from the valleys

When and where does the word Boxing come from?

When and where does the word Boxing come from?

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