Where does “spoliate” come from?
spoliate (Italian) comes from Italian spoliato, 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...
spoliate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “spoliate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spoliato | past participle of spoliare |
| 2 | Italian | spoliare | to strip, denude, despoil, spoliate |
| 3 | Latin | spolio | I strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,... |
| 4 | Latin | spolium | the skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |