Etymology of the French word corselet
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 French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
corselet, Portuguese
corselete, Spanish
corselete, Spanish
coseleteUsage
Word found in Old French
