Where does “tarentule” come from?

tarentule (French) comes from Italian tarantola, from Italian Taranto, from Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς, from Illyrian darandos — oak.

tarentule (French): tarantula

Definitions

  1. tarantula

Ancestry of “tarentule”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tarentule

Every word from Illyrian darandosEvery word from Ancient Greek ΤάρᾱςEvery word from Latin Tarentum