corpse

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Têgeh

term

cendek

naaş

لهش

meyît

Pircarînî

B2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/kɔːps/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English, from earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Displaced native English likam and English lich. The ⟨p⟩ was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. Doublet of corps and corpus, and distantly of riff. The verb sense derives from the notion of being unable to control laughter while acting as dead body.

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