Where does “corpsman” come from?
Corps comes from Latin corpus meaning body, combined with English man to form corpsman, a naval medical attendant.
corpsman (English): A hospital corpsman; An enlisted person in the...
Definitions
- A hospital corpsman; An enlisted person in the...
Ancestry of “corpsman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | corps | A battlefield formation composed of two or more... |
| 2 | French | corps d'armée | corps |
| 3 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |
Words derived from “corpsman”