Where does “ledo” come from?

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

ledo (Mauritian Creole): back

Definitions

  1. back

Ancestry of “ledo”, 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 dorsom →Every word from Latin dorsum →Every word from Vulgar Latin dossum →