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Where does “dossum” come from?

dossum (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin dorsum, from Proto-Italic dorsom.

Ancestry of “dossum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dossum”

  • dossier
  • tournedos
  • endoss
  • adosado
  • adosar
  • rindossare
  • dossologia
  • dossier
  • demodossologia
  • indossare
  • indossabile
  • intradosso
  • dosso
  • досье
  • endosser
  • dos
  • tournedos
  • dossier
  • dossard
  • adosser
  • Dossier
  • indossierbar
  • Indossant
  • indossieren
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