Where does “dos” come from?
dos (Norman) comes from Old French dos, from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.
dos (Norman): back
Ancestry of “dos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | dos | back |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | dossum | — |
| 3 | Latin | dorsum | back, part of the body between the neck and... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | dorsom | — |