Where does “corps” come from?

corps (German) comes 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 corporation in German-speaking Europe

Definitions

  1. a corps, a kind of traditional student's corporation in German-speaking Europe

Ancestry of “corps”, step by step

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