almohadilla

pincushion; inkpad; the hash, octothorpe, pound symbol (the character #); seat cushion (to sit on); toe bean (digital pad of a cat or dog's paw)

Etymology tree Arabic المِخَدَّة (al-miḵadda) Andalusian Arabic المُخَدَّة (al-muḵadda)bor. Spanish almohada Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Old Spanish -iella Spanish -illa Spanish almohadilla From almohada (“pillow”) + -illa (diminutive suffix).