Where does “espoliar” come from?

espoliar (Portuguese) comes from Latin spoliāre, from Latin spolium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

espoliar (Portuguese): to plunder; to loot

Definitions

  1. to plunder; to loot

Ancestry of “espoliar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspoliāre—
2Latinspoliumthe skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the...
3Proto-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 spoliāre →