Where does “do” come from?

do (Haitian Creole) comes from French dos, from Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.

do (Haitian Creole): back

Definitions

  1. back

Ancestry of “do”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdosback; backs; backstroke
2Old Frenchdosback
3Vulgar Latindossum
4Latindorsumback, part of the body between the neck and...
5Proto-Italicdorsom
Every word from Proto-Italic dorsomEvery word from Latin dorsumEvery word from Vulgar Latin dossum