Spoil

Morpheme

Spoil

Type

free base

Denotation

strip, deprive, rob of, plunder, pillage

Etymology

Middle English spoilen; Anglo-Norman espoiller; Old French espoillier, espillier; Latin spoliāre, from spolium

Evidence

despoil, despoiled, despoiling, despoils, spoil, spoiled, spoiling, spoils