Where does “corpus” come from?

corpus (Dutch) comes from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

corpus (Dutch): a collection of writings, a text corpus

Definitions

  1. a collection of writings, a text corpus

Ancestry of “corpus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
2Proto-Italickorposbody
3Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

Words derived from “corpus”

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