Where does “corpse” come from?
Corpse comes from Old French cors, from Latin corpus meaning "body," which developed the sense of a dead body in medieval usage.
corpse (English): A dead body; A human body in general, whether...
Definitions
- A dead body; A human body in general, whether...
Ancestry of “corpse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | corse | A body; A dead body, a corpse |
| 2 | Middle English | cors | — |
| 3 | Old French | cors | body |
Words derived from “corpse”