myEtymology.com: English etymology of corporator

Etymology of the English word corporator

the English word corporator

derived from the English word corporate

derived from the Latin word corporatus (corporate-, corporation-, of a corporation; endowed with a tangible body; formed into a corporate society; member of a corporate society, corporation)

derived from the Latin word corporare (kill, strike dead; form into a body)

derived from the Classical Latin word corpus (body; person, self; substantial, material, concrete object)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷrep-

using the English suffix -or