Etymology of the English word corpuscle
the English word
corpusclederived from the Latin word
corpusculum (little body; small, little body, object)
derived from the Classical Latin word
corpus (body; person, self; substantial, material, concrete object)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷrep-Date
The earliest known usage of corpuscle in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
Dutch
corpusculair, French
corpuscule, German
Korpuskel, Swedish
korpuskelUsage
Word found in Modern English
