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Incorporate

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to include something as part of a whole, or to form a legally recognized company
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Stage 1 of 3
corpus
Latin · ancient
"body"
body, combined with in- (into)
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Stage 2 of 3
incorporare
Latin · ancient
"to embody, to unite into one body"
to embody, to unite into one body, from in- and corpus
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Stage 3 of 3
incorporate
English · 1400s
"to include something as part of a whole, or to form a legal corporation"
settled as the English word for including something as part of a whole, or forming a legal corporation
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