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

  1. A collection of papers and/or other sources,...

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
Every word from Proto-Italic dorsom