Where does “spoilfive” come from?

spoilfive (English) comes from English spoil, from Middle English spoilen, from Old French espuler, from Latin spoliare, from Latin spolio, from Latin spolium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spoilfive (English): A card game in which, if no player wins three of...

Definitions

  1. A card game in which, if no player wins three of...

Ancestry of “spoilfive”, step by step

spoilfive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English spoil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspoilTo strip of their arms or armour; To strip or...
2Middle Englishspoilen
3Old Frenchespuler
4Latinspoliarepresent active infinitive of spoliō;...
5LatinspolioI strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,...
6Latinspoliumthe skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the...
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

via English five

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiveA numerical value equal to 5; the number...
2Middle Englishfyffive
3Old Englishfīffive
4Proto-West Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Germanicfimffive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel-Every word from Latin spoliumEvery word from Latin spolio