Where does “incorporate” come from?
Incorporate comes from Latin incorporatus, the past participle of incorporare, formed from the prefix in- and corpus meaning "body," originally referring to combining things into a unified whole.
incorporate (English): To include as a part; To mix as an ingredient;...
Definitions
- To include as a part; To mix as an ingredient;...
Ancestry of “incorporate”, step by step
incorporate traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English corporate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corporate | Of or relating to a corporation; Formed into a... |
| 2 | Latin | corporatus | A member of a corporation; corporate |
| 3 | Latin | corporare | present active infinitive of corporō;... |
| 4 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |