latilla

First recorded in 1985–90; American Spanish: literally, “little stick,” from Spanish, diminutive of lata “stick, strip of wood,” from Vulgar Latin latta “lath, stick” (unattested), either latta deriving from West Germanic lattō “board, slat” (unattested) or both latta and lattō deriving from the same unknown source + -illa feminine diminutive noun suffix