Etymology

spoilfive

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Today it means: A casino-style trick-taking card game in which a player must win three of the five tricks to win the pot. If nobody wins three tricks, the game is said to be "spoiled", and the pot is carried over to the next round. Full definition →

English five ← Middle English fyf ← Old English fīf
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  1. Latinspolium
  2. Latinspoliāre
  3. Old Frenchespoillier
  4. Middle Englishspoilen
  5. Englishspoil
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  7. Proto-Germanic*fimf
  8. Proto-West Germanic*fimf
  9. Old Englishfīf
  10. Middle Englishfyf
  11. Englishfive
  12. English todayspoilfive

From spoil + five.

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