Where does “corpuscolo” come from?
corpuscolo (Italian) comes from Latin corpusculum, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.
corpuscolo (Italian): corpuscle
Definitions
- corpuscle
Ancestry of “corpuscolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | corpusculum | a particle, especially an atom; used as a term of... |
| 2 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |