Where does “expoliar” come from?

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

expoliar (Spanish): to pillage, loot

Definitions

  1. to pillage, loot

Ancestry of “expoliar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexspolioI spoil, pillage or plunder
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 “expoliar”

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