Where does “dossier” come from?
dossier (Italian) comes from French dossier, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.
dossier (Italian): dossier
Ancestry of “dossier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 | — |