Where does “Dossier” come from?

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

Dossier (Luxembourgish): dossier, report; file, folder; matter, affair

Definitions

  1. dossier, report; file, folder; matter, affair

Ancestry of “Dossier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdossierback of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on;...
2Latindorsumback, part of the body between the neck and...
3Proto-Italicdorsom—
Every word from Proto-Italic dorsom →Every word from Latin dorsum →Every word from French dossier →
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