Where does “megacorpse” come from?

megacorpse (English) comes from English corpse, from English corse, from Middle English cors, from Old French cors — body.

megacorpse (English): One million corpses, as a unit of measure in reference to nuclear warfare

Definitions

  1. One million corpses, as a unit of measure in reference to nuclear warfare

Ancestry of “megacorpse”, step by step

megacorpse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English corpse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcorpseA dead body; A human body in general, whether...
2EnglishcorseA body; A dead body, a corpse
3Middle Englishcors—
4Old Frenchcorsbody

via English mega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegaVery large; great; excellent
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Old French cors →