Where does “spolia” come from?

spolia (English) comes from Latin spolia, from Latin spolio, from Latin spolium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spolia (English): Old objects, artifacts, and/or sculptural elements reused in a later work of architecture

Definitions

Old objects, artifacts, and/or sculptural elements reused in a later work of architecture

Ancestry of “spolia”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	spolia	second-person singular present active imperative...
2	Latin	spolio	I strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,...
3	Latin	spolium	the skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the...
4	Proto-Indo-European	(s)pel-	to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Latin spolium →Every word from Latin spolio →