Where does “corp” come from?

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

corp (Romanian): body

Definitions

  1. body

Ancestry of “corp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcorpsbody; field; corps
2Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
3Proto-Italickorposbody
4Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →