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Where does “anticuerpo” come from?

anticuerpo (Spanish) comes from German Antikörper, from German körper, from Middle High German körper, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

anticuerpo (Spanish): antibody

Definitions

  1. antibody

Ancestry of “anticuerpo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAntikörperantibody
2Germankörper—
3Middle High Germankörper—
4Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
5Proto-Italickorposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep- →