incorporation
/ˌɪnˌkɔːpəˈeɪʃən/in-kawr-pur-AY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɪnˌkɔɹpɚˈeɪʃən/in-kawr-pur-AY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of incorporating
Common meaning: a uniting into one body
Other meanings: forming a company
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- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- corpa bodyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 472 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘in, into’ + ‘a body’ → incorporation
Journey through time
- Latincorpus, corporis‘a body’
- Englishincorporate‘to bring something in so it becomes one with the rest’
- Englishformed in English from incorporateincorporation‘a uniting into one body’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from incorporate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INCORPORATE, p.288 · scan
Roots
- corpus, corporis Latin “a body”
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