korps

Dutch (Brabantic)

noun
Definitions
  • A military corps
  • An organized body of persons, notably hierarchical
  • (printing) The thickness of a letter type

Etymology

Borrowed from French corps (body) derived from Latin corpus (body) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷrép-o-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷrép-o-

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