Dorsad
/ˈdɔːr.sæd/noun
Toward the back or dorsal side of the body.
Did you know?Dorsad belongs to a family built from Latin dorsum, “back,” the same root that helped produce endorse—originally connected with writing or signing on the back of a document.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dors-
“Back or ridge; a reconstructed ancestral root”
Classical Latin
Latin
dorsum
“The back, especially the back of the body or an object”
Late Latin
Latin
dorsalis
“Of or belonging to the back”
Medieval Latin
Latin
dorsum
“Back; the reverse or rear side of something”
19th Century
Scientific English
dorsad
“Toward the dorsal or back side”
Modern English
English
dorsad
“Toward the back, used chiefly in anatomy and zoology”