Proto-Indo-European

*(s)pel-

‘to say aloud, recite’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel-.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel-, most familiar first.

• spell ← *spellą
• spill ← spillen ← spillan ← *spilþijan ← *spilþijaną
• spoil ← spoilen ← espoillier ← spoliāre ← spolium
• spoiler ← spoil ← spoilen ← espoillier ← spoliāre
• spool ← spole ← spole ← spoele ← *spōla
• spoliation ← spoliacioun ← spoliacioun ← spoliātiō ← spoliō
• despoil ← despoylen ← despoillier ← dēspoliō ← spoliō
• despoliation ← dēspoliātiō ← dēspoliō ← spoliō ← spolium
• spoliate ← spoliātus ← spoliō ← spolium
• spolium
• spoilable ← spoil ← spoilen ← espoillier ← spoliāre
• splot ← splott ← *splott ← *spluttaz ← *splt-no-

More words from *(s)pel-

• speld
• spoilability
• spoilee

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel-