The story
- French · borrowed fromesprit de corps
- English todayesprit de corps
Unadapted borrowing from French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corps (“body”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
esprit de corps
Today it means: A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit. Full definition →
French esprit de corps