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Where does “spoliato” come from?

spoliato (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...

spoliato (Italian): past participle of spoliare

Definitions

  1. past participle of spoliare

Ancestry of “spoliato”, 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...

Words derived from “spoliato”

  • spoliate
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