Where does “dossier” come from?
Dossier comes from French dossier, from French dos meaning "back," ultimately from Latin -arius, a suffix forming agent nouns, via Middle French -er formatives and Latin -are verbal elements.
dossier (English): A collection of papers and/or other sources,...
Definitions
- A collection of papers and/or other sources,...
Ancestry of “dossier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | dossier | back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on;... |
| 2 | Latin | dorsum | back, part of the body between the neck and... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | dorsom | — |