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 (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. sweepings, refuse

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scōpīlia scōpīliae
genitive scōpīliae scōpīliārum
dative scōpīliae scōpīliīs
accusative scōpīliam scōpīliās
ablative scōpīliā scōpīliīs
vocative scōpīlia scōpīliae

Descendants

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

References

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