corporal

corporal · adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromcorpus“body”
2. Latin · derived fromcorporālis
3. Old French · derived fromcorporal
4. Middle English · inherited fromcorporal
5. English todaycorporal

From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.

corporal · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromcaput“head”
2. Italian · derived fromcaporale
3. French · derived fromcaporal
4. English todaycorporal

From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).

corporal · noun³

1. Latin · derived fromcorporāle
2. Middle English · inherited fromcorporall
3. English todaycorporal

From Middle English corporall, corporalle, from the Latin corporāle, the neuter of corporālis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.

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