Where does “unspoilably” come from?
unspoilably (English) comes from English unspoilable, from English spoilable, from English spoil, from Middle English spoilen, from Old French espuler, from Latin spoliare, from Latin spolio, from Latin spolium — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
unspoilably (English): Such that it cannot be spoiled
Definitions
- Such that it cannot be spoiled
Ancestry of “unspoilably”, step by step
unspoilably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unspoilable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unspoilable | Not spoilable |
| 2 | English | spoilable | Liable to spoil or go bad |
| 3 | English | spoil | To strip of their arms or armour; To strip or... |
| 4 | Middle English | spoilen | — |
| 5 | Old French | espuler | — |
| 6 | Latin | spoliare | present active infinitive of spoliō;... |
| 7 | Latin | spolio | I strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,... |
| 8 | Latin | spolium | the skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |