Where does “corpus” come from?
Corpus comes from Latin corpus, meaning body, which entered English through Latin and has been used in English since its adoption from Latin sources.
corpus (English): A collection of writings, often on a specific...
Definitions
- A collection of writings, often on a specific...
Ancestry of “corpus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |
Words derived from “corpus”