Etymograph

English

spillproof

From spill + -proof.

Formed from spill + -proof

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- ‘to sunder, split, rend, tear’

Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną ‘to spoil, kill, murder’

Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan ‘to spoil, ruin’

Old English spillan ‘to kill, destroy, waste’

Middle English spillen ‘to demolish, liquidate, or ruin’

English spill

Today it means

adj Resistant to being spilled.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / spillproof