Where does “spolia” come from?

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

spolia (French): third-person singular past historic of spolier

Definitions

third-person singular past historic of spolier

Ancestry of “spolia”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	spolier	to despoil
2	Latin	spoliāre	—
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 spoliāre →