Where does “kurpu” come from?

kurpu (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese corpo, from Old Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

kurpu (Guinea-Bissau Creole): body

Definitions

  1. body

Ancestry of “kurpu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecorpobody; corpse, cadaver; Any limited amount of...
2Old Portuguesecorpo—
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 →
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