Where does “corpus” come from?

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

corpus (Latin): body, person; substance, material; the flesh of...

Definitions

  1. body, person; substance, material; the flesh of...

Ancestry of “corpus”, step by step

corpus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic korpos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italickorposbody
2Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
3Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

via Proto-Indo-European ḱrep-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱrep-body

via Proto-Indo-European kʷrép-o-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷrép-o-—

Words derived from “corpus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →