Where does “unspoilable” come from?
unspoilable (English) comes from English spoilable, 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...
unspoilable (English): Not spoilable
Ancestry of “unspoilable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | spoilable | Liable to spoil or go bad |
| 2 | English | spoil | To strip of their arms or armour; To strip or... |
| 3 | Middle English | spoilen | — |
| 4 | Old French | espuler | — |
| 5 | Latin | spoliare | present active infinitive of spoliō;... |
| 6 | Latin | spolio | I strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,... |
| 7 | Latin | spolium | the skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |