Where does “corporal” come from?
corporal (Old French) comes from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.
corporal (Old French): Alternative form of corporel
Definitions
- Alternative form of corporel
Ancestry of “corporal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | corporālis | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “corporal”