Where does “tarantula” come from?

Tarantula comes from Old Italian tarantola, derived from the city of Taranto in Old Italian.

tarantula (English): Any of the large, hairy New World spiders...

Definitions

  1. Any of the large, hairy New World spiders...

Ancestry of “tarantula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintarantula—
2Italiantarantolatarantula
3ItalianTarantothe letter T in the [[Appendix:Italian spelling alphabet
4LatinTarentumLatin name of the town
5Ancient GreekΤάρᾱςTarās; Greek name of the town
6Illyriandarandosoak

Words derived from “tarantula”

Every word from Illyrian darandos →Every word from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς →Every word from Latin Tarentum →
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