Where does “extracorporeal” come from?
Extracorporeal comes from Latin extra meaning "outside" combined with corpus meaning "body," literally describing something existing or occurring outside the physical body.
extracorporeal (English): Outside the body
Definitions
- Outside the body
Ancestry of “extracorporeal”, step by step
extracorporeal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extra | Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or... |
| 2 | English | extraordinary | Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably... |
| 3 | Latin | extraordinārius | extraordinary |
| 4 | Latin | ōrdinem | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | orden | — |
| 6 | Latin | ōrdināre | — |
| 7 | Latin | ōrdō | a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ored(h)- | to arrange |
via English corporeal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corporeal | Material; tangible; physical; Pertaining to the... |
| 2 | Latin | corporeus | Of or belonging to a body; corporeal; Of or... |
| 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 |