Where does “spogliare” come from?
spogliare (Italian) comes from Latin spolio, from Latin spolium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
spogliare (Italian): to undress, strip, divest
Definitions
- to undress, strip, divest
Ancestry of “spogliare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | spolio | I strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,... |
| 2 | Latin | spolium | the skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |
Words derived from “spogliare”