Where does “corps” come from?

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

Ancestry of “corps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcorps—
2Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
3Proto-Italickorposbody
4Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

Words derived from “corps”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →