Etymology of the French word corset
the Old French word
corsetderived 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
-etDate
The earliest known usage of corset in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
corseter,
corsetier,
corsalet,
cache-corsetDerivations in other languages
English
corset, Italian
corsetto, Romanian
corsetCognates
Dutch
korset, English
corset, German
Korsett, Norwegian
korsett, Swedish
korsettUsage
Word found in Old French
