Etymology of the English word corselet
the English word
corseletderived from the Old French word
corseletderived from the Old French word
corsderived 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
-eletDate
The earliest known usage of corselet in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
