Where does “spoglio” come from?

spoglio (Italian) comes from Italian spogliare, from Latin spolio, from Latin spolium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spoglio (Italian): empty

Definitions

  1. empty

Ancestry of “spoglio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspogliareto undress, strip, divest
2LatinspolioI strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,...
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel-Every word from Latin spoliumEvery word from Latin spolio
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