Where does “dorsal” come from?

dorsal (Romanian) comes from French dorsal, from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.

dorsal (Romanian): dorsal

Definitions

  1. dorsal

Ancestry of “dorsal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdorsaldorsal
2Latindorsumback, part of the body between the neck and...
3Proto-Italicdorsom—

Words derived from “dorsal”

Every word from Proto-Italic dorsom →Every word from Latin dorsum →Every word from French dorsal →