Where does “spolier” come from?

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

spolier (French): to despoil

Definitions

  1. to despoil

Ancestry of “spolier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspoliāre—
2Latinspoliumthe skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “spolier”

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