Where does “spolie” come from?

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

spolie (Romanian): spoils of war

Definitions

  1. spoils of war

Ancestry of “spolie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspoliasecond-person singular present active imperative...
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 →