Where does “dossier” come from?

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

dossier (Spanish): dossier

Definitions

  1. dossier

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—
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