Where does “spoliation” come from?

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

spoliation (French): spoliation

Definitions

  1. spoliation

Ancestry of “spoliation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspoliatiorobbing, plundering
2Latinspoliāre—
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 “spoliation”

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