Where does “spoliate” come from?

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

spoliate (English): To plunder; To engage in robbery; to plunder

Definitions

  1. To plunder; To engage in robbery; to plunder

Ancestry of “spoliate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspoliātusstripped
2LatinspolioI strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,...
3Latinspoliumthe skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “spoliate”

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