Etymology of “Corruption”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from Old French
Source language
Old French
Ancestry links
1
Descendants
10
Word Origin Summary
Corruption is attested in Old French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- คอร์รัปชั่น
Thai · borrowed from
- korapsiyon
Cebuano · derived from
- korupsi
Indonesian · derived from
- korupsi
MSA · derived from
- corruption
French · inherited from
- corruptie
Dutch · derived from
- คอร์รัปชัน
Thai · borrowed from
- corruption
English · borrowed from
What You Can Explore
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