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Where does “corporação” come from?

corporação (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin corporatio, from Latin corporatus, from Latin corporare, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

corporação (Portuguese): corporation

Definitions

  1. corporation

Ancestry of “corporação”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincorporatioassumption of a body
2LatincorporatusA member of a corporation; corporate
3Latincorporarepresent active infinitive of corporō;...
4Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
5Proto-Italickorposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

Words derived from “corporação”

  • anticorporação
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →