Where does “corps” come from?

corps (French) comes from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

corps (French): body; field; corps

Definitions

  1. body; field; corps

Ancestry of “corps”, step by step

corps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin corpus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
2Proto-Italickorposbody
3Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

via Middle French cors

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcors—
2Old Frenchcorsbody

Words derived from “corps”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →