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Where does “anticorpo” come from?

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

anticorpo (Portuguese): antibody

Definitions

  1. antibody

Ancestry of “anticorpo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecorpobody; corpse, cadaver; Any limited amount of...
2Old Portuguesecorpo—
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

Words derived from “anticorpo”

  • antianticorpo
  • autoanticorpo
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