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Etymology of the English word corsage

the English word corsage
derived from the Old French word corsage
derived from the Old French word cors
derived from the Classical Latin word corpus (body; person, self; substantial, material, concrete object)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷrep-
using the French suffix -age
derived from the Vulgar Latin suffix -aticum
derived from the Latin suffix -aticus
derived from the Latin suffix -icus
derived from the Greek suffix -ikos, -ϊκος, -ικος, -ῖκος
derived from the Latin suffix -at

Date

The earliest known usage of corsage in English dates from the 15th century.

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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