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Where does “corporicida” come from?

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

corporicida (Latin): butcher

Definitions

  1. butcher

Ancestry of “corporicida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
2Proto-Italickorposbody
3Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body
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