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Corporate

4 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to a large company or corporation treated as a single legal entity
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Stage 1 of 4
corpus
Latin · ancient
"body"
body
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Stage 2 of 4
corporare
Latin · ancient
"to form into a body"
to form into a body, from corpus
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Stage 3 of 4
corporatus
Latin · ancient
"formed into a body, united"
formed into a body, united, from corporare
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Stage 4 of 4
corporate
English · 1400s
"relating to a large company treated as a single legal body"
settled as the English word for something relating to a large company treated as a single body
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