Corporeal
/kɔːrˈpɔːr.i.əl/noun
Relating to the physical body or material existence.
Did you know?Corporeal ultimately traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “body,” which also gave English surprising cousins like corpse and corpse-like terms in other Romance languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kerp- / *korp-
“Body; form”
Latin
Latin
corpus
“Body”
Late Latin
Latin
corporālis
“Of the body; bodily”
Old French
Old French
corporel
“Bodily; material”
Middle English
English
corporeal
“Pertaining to the body or flesh”
Modern English
English
corporeal
“Relating to the physical body or material existence”