English
incorporation
Incorporation comes from Late Latin incorporatio ‘embodiment’, from Latin corporō ‘to make into a body’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krep-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krep-‘body’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korpos‘body’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorpus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorporō‘to make into a body’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincorporō‘embody, incorporate’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEincorporatio‘embodiment’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400incorporacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500incorporacioun
- Englishearliest quotation 2024incorporation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krep-‘body’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korpos‘body’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorpus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorporō‘to make into a body’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincorporō‘embody, incorporate’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEincorporatio‘embodiment’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400incorporacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500incorporacioun
- Englishearliest quotation 2024incorporation
Earliest quotation: 2024, Tiana Milović et al.: “One of the remarkable innovations in concrete technology is…”
Equivalent to incorporate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *krep- ‘body’
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Proto-Italic *korpos ‘body’
Late Latin corpus ‘body’
Late Latin incorporō ‘to embody, to incorporate’
Late Latin incorporātus ‘provided with a body, embodied’
English incorporate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krep- ‘body’
through Proto-Italic *korpos ‘body’
through Latin corpus
corps, corpus, corporal, corse, corsage, corpulent, 11 more
through Latin corporō ‘to make into a body’
Today it means
noun The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krep- / incorporation