Where does “corporate” come from?

Corporate derives from Latin corporatus, the past participle of corporare, meaning to form into a body, from corpus meaning body.

corporate (English): Of or relating to a corporation; Formed into a...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a corporation; Formed into a...

Ancestry of “corporate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincorporatusA member of a corporation; corporate
2Latincorporarepresent active infinitive of corporō;...
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

Words derived from “corporate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep-