Where does “endorse” come from?
endorse (English) comes from Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser, from Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.
endorse (English): To support, to back, to give one's approval to,...
Definitions
- To support, to back, to give one's approval to,...
Ancestry of “endorse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | endosse | — |
| 2 | Old French | endosser | to put on back |
| 3 | Latin | dossum | — |
| 4 | Latin | dorsum | back, part of the body between the neck and... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dorsom | — |
Words derived from “endorse”