Where does “Corps” come from?

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

Corps (German): a corps, a kind of traditional student's...

Definitions

  1. a corps, a kind of traditional student's...

Ancestry of “Corps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKorpscorps; Rare spelling of Corps
2Frenchcorpsbody; field; corps
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European krépos →Every word from Proto-Italic korpos →