Where does “corpuscle” come from?
Corpuscle comes from Latin corpusculum, the diminutive of corpus meaning body, which denoted a small or insignificant body.
corpuscle (English): A minute particle; an atom; a molecule; A...
Definitions
- A minute particle; an atom; a molecule; A...
Ancestry of “corpuscle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | corpusculum | a particle, especially an atom; used as a term of... |
| 2 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |