Where does “spolia” come from?

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

spolia (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “spolia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspoliareto strip, denude, despoil, spoliate
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 spolium →Every word from Latin spolio →