Where does “corporate” come from?

corporate (Latin) comes from Latin corporo, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

corporate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “corporate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincorporoI make into a body; I kill; I form a corporate...
2Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
3Proto-Italickorposbody
4Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →
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