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
Ancestry of “corps”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |
Words derived from “corps”