Where does “corsage” come from?
Corsage comes from Old French cors, derived from Latin corpus meaning "body," which gave English the word corpus.
corsage (English): The size or shape of a person's body; The waist...
Definitions
- The size or shape of a person's body; The waist...
Ancestry of “corsage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | corsage | body, torso; bodice, corsage; blouse, camisole;... |
| 2 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 3 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -āticum | — |