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Where does “دوسیه” come from?

دوسیه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French dossier, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.

Ancestry of “دوسیه”, 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—
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