Where does “despojarse” come from?

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

despojarse (Venetian): to strip, undress

Definitions

  1. to strip, undress

Ancestry of “despojarse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetianspojarto undress, strip
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel-Every word from Latin spoliumEvery word from Latin spoliāre
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