scopilia

scopilia

Latin

Etymology

Likely formed by analogy with quisquilia from scōpa(e) (“broom”). Attested in the plural in 8th-century glosses.[1]

Noun

scōpīlia f (genitive scōpīliae); first declension

1. (Early Medieval Latin) sweepings, refuse

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: scoviglia (obsolete)
  • Neapolitan: scupiglia, scopiglia
  • Sicilian: scupigghia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: équeveilles, écovellies, écovlyë
  • Oïl:
    • Bourguignon: équeville
    • Champenois: egveilles
    • Old Franc-Comtois: esquevilles
      • Franc-Comtois: équevilles, âguevilles
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Occitan: escobilha
    • →? Ibero-Romance: (in the sense of “refuse from goldsmiths”)
      • Portuguese: escovilha
      • Spanish: escobilla

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “scōpīlia”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 582

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “scōpīliae”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 325