Etymograph

English

incorporal

Incorporal comes from Latin incorporalis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincorporalis
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1614incorporal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincorporalis
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1614incorporal

Earliest quotation: 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh]: “whether this light be substantial, corporal, or incorporal”.

Formed from in- ‘not’ + corporal

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *krep- ‘body’

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Latin corpus

Latin corporālis ‘corporeal’

Old French corporel

Middle English corporal

English corporal

Every English word from Latin incorporalis

Today it means

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Etymograph / Latin incorporalis / incorporal

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