Where does “spolia” come from?

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

spolia (Romanian): to despoil

Definitions

  1. to despoil

Ancestry of “spolia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchspolierto despoil
2Latinspoliāre—
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 “spolia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Latin spolium →Every word from Latin spoliāre →