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Where does “dorsum” come from?

dorsum (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic dorsom.

dorsum (Latin): back, part of the body between the neck and...

Definitions

  1. back, part of the body between the neck and...

Ancestry of “dorsum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicdorsom—

Words derived from “dorsum”

  • dorsal
  • dossier
  • dorsum
  • dorsolateral
  • dorsally
  • doss
  • dorsomedial
  • dorsoventral
  • thoracodorsal
  • mediodorsal
  • dorsoventrally
  • laterodorsal
  • ventrodorsal
  • dorsolaterally
  • middorsal
  • lumbodorsal
  • subdorsal
  • dorsad
  • anterodorsal
  • tournedos
  • dorsopalmar
  • posterodorsal
  • dorsoplantar
  • cervicodorsal
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