Where does “ko tọpẹ” come from?

ko tọpẹ (Yoruba) comes from Haitian Creole kò, from French corps, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

ko tọpẹ (Yoruba): you're welcome, don't mention it

Definitions

  1. you're welcome, don't mention it

Ancestry of “ko tọpẹ”, step by step

ko tọpẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Haitian Creole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolebody
2Frenchcorpsbody; field; corps
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

via English you’re welcome

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishyou’re welcome

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yoruba
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep-