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Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish cuerpo (“body”), from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. The initial consonant shift might have been a product of either assimilation to the labialized velar approximant or anticipatory assimilation at a distance. Cognate with Spanish cuerpo.
Pronunciation
Noun
puerpo m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פואירפו)[1]
- body (being's structure)
1960, Michael Molho, Literatura sefardita de Oriente, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Arias Montano, page 47:Poco favlar, salud para el puerpo.- Talking little: good for the body.
References
- ^ “puerpo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.