Where does “expolio” come from?

expolio (Spanish) comes from Spanish expoliar, 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...

expolio (Spanish): pillaging, sacking

Definitions

  1. pillaging, sacking

Ancestry of “expolio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishexpoliarto pillage, loot
2LatinexspolioI spoil, pillage or plunder
3LatinspolioI strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,...
4Latinspoliumthe skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the...
5Proto-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 →