dorsum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) back, part of the body between the neck and buttocks
- (figuratively) ridge, summit
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *dorsom.
Origin
Proto-Italic
*dorsom
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dorsum English
- dorsumal English
- parados English
- *dossum Latin
- addosso Italian
- dorsista Italian
- dorso Italian
- dorsopatia Italian
- dosso Italian
- paradorso Italian
- dos French
- parados French
- Dueso Spanish, Castilian
- dorso Spanish, Castilian
- dorso Portuguese
- droim Irish
- dos Old French
- adossar Catalan, Valencian
- dors Catalan, Valencian
- dos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- druimm Old Irish
- druim Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dreeym Manx
- dos Norman
- dosso Old Portuguese
- *drosmen Proto-Celtic
- *dorsom Proto-Italic
- dies Romansh
- duas Dalmatian
- dos Walloon