Korporal

German (Berlin)

/kɔʁpoˈʁaːl/

noun

Definitions

non-commissioned officer
(Austria)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French corporal derived from Italian caporale (corporal, bossy person).

Origin

Italian (Fiorentino)

caporale

Gloss

corporal, bossy person

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

caput Latin
corpus Latin
káplár Hungarian
káplárok Hungarian
caporale Italian
caporalesco Italian
korporaal Dutch, Flemish
caporal French
caporal Spanish, Castilian
korporal Norwegian Bokmål
korporal Norwegian Nynorsk
corporal Middle French