Etymology

corps

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Today it means: A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions. Full definition →

French corps d'armée ← Latin corpus
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corps · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromcorpus“body”
  2. French · derived fromcorps d'armée
  3. English todaycorps

From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff.

corps · noun2

Clipping.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcorps d'armée all →

corps d'armée

Latincorpus all →

corpuscorporalcorporifycorposantcorpotentoriumcorpus luteumcorpus vile

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