Where does “dossier” come from?

dossier (Dutch) comes from French dossier, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.

dossier (Dutch): dossier; file, physical collection of...

Definitions

  1. dossier; file, physical collection of...

Ancestry of “dossier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdossierback of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on;...
2Latindorsumback, part of the body between the neck and...
3Proto-Italicdorsom—

Words derived from “dossier”

Every word from Proto-Italic dorsom →Every word from Latin dorsum →Every word from French dossier →