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
- To plunder; To engage in robbery; to plunder
Ancestry of “spoliate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | spoliātus | — |
| 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... |
Words derived from “spoliate”