scopilia

Latin

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

scōpīlia f (genitive scōpīliae); first declension

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

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

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

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