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
Ancestry of “kurpu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | corpo | body; corpse, cadaver; Any limited amount of... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | corpo | — |
| 3 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |