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Corporal

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to the physical body, or a military rank above private
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Stage 1 of 3
corpus
Latin · ancient
"body"
body
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Stage 2 of 3
corporalis
Latin · ancient
"of the body"
of the body, from corpus
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Stage 3 of 3
corporal
English · 1400s
"relating to the physical body, or a military rank"
settled as the English word for something relating to the physical body, and separately a military rank
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