escovilha

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from escovilhar, from or related to etymology 2.

Noun

escovilha f (plural escovilhas)

  1. act of clearing impurities from gold or silver

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Occitan escobilha, from early Medieval Latin scōpīlia. First attested in the eighteenth century.[1] Compare the Spanish synonym escobilla.

Noun

escovilha f (plural escovilhas)

  1. gold or silver filings

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