Where does “corpulent” come from?
corpulent (French) comes from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus, from Latin -ulentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor, from Proto-Indo-European krewh₂- — blood outside the body.
corpulent (French): corpulent, stout
Ancestry of “corpulent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | corpulent | — |
| 2 | Old French | corpulent | — |
| 3 | Latin | corpulentus | corpulent, fat, obese, stout; corporeal |
| 4 | Latin | -ulentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 5 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 6 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 7 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |