Where does “megacorporation” come from?
megacorporation (English) comes from English corporation, from Late Latin corporatio, from Latin corporatus, from Latin corporare, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.
megacorporation (English): A very large, powerful corporation
Definitions
- A very large, powerful corporation
Ancestry of “megacorporation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | corporation | A body corporate, created by law or under... |
| 2 | Late Latin | corporatio | assumption of a body |
| 3 | Latin | corporatus | A member of a corporation; corporate |
| 4 | Latin | corporare | present active infinitive of corporō;... |
| 5 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |