WHAT A WORD!
All these word come from the Latin corpus, "body":
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corporeal |
corporate |
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corps |
corpus |
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corpse |
corporal |
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corselet (from the old spelling of corpse - "corse" |
corporation |
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corset |
corpulent |
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corsage |
corpuscle (corpusculus = "little body") |
The most outlandish derivation from corpus is said to have originated in the first three words uttered by the priest at the consecration in the Latin mass – hoc est corpus. Some people could not understand this didn’t know Latin!) and it ended up in English as "hocus-pocus".