Etymology

spoilage

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Today it means: The part of something that has spoiled. Full definition →

English spoil ← Middle English spoilen ← Old French espoillier
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  1. Latinspolium
  2. Latinspoliāre
  3. Old Frenchespoillier
  4. Middle Englishspoilen
  5. Englishspoil
  6. English todayspoilage

From spoil + -age.

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