escobilla

brush

Related: escobilla morisca, escobillar, escobillón

Etymology tree Spanish escoba Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Old Spanish -iella Spanish -illa Spanish escobilla From escoba (“broom”) + -illa (diminutive ending).

filings

Perhaps borrowed from Occitan escobilha, from Early Medieval Latin scōpīlia. First attested in Antonio de Nebrija. Cf. Portuguese escovilha.