Where does “studentkår” come from?
studentkår (Swedish) comes from Swedish kår, from French corps, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.
studentkår (Swedish): a student union
Ancestry of “studentkår”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | kår | a corps, a corporation, a company, a union, a... |
| 2 | French | corps | body; field; corps |
| 3 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |