Where does “dossier” come from?

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

dossier (French): back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on;...

Definitions

  1. back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on;...

Ancestry of “dossier”, step by step

dossier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin dorsum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindorsumback, part of the body between the neck and...
2Proto-Italicdorsom—

via Middle French dossier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdossier—

Words derived from “dossier”

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