The story
- Old French · derived fromcorporals
- Middle English · inherited fromcoperas
- English todaycorporas
From Middle English coperas, copereaus, corpas, corperas, corperaus, corporas, corporasse, corporaus, corporax, corporeals, corprax, from Old French corporals, corporaus, plural of corporal (“corporal”, adjective).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishcoperas all →
copperas
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.