Where does “tarantula” come from?

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

tarantula (Polish): wolf spider

Definitions

  1. wolf spider

Ancestry of “tarantula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtarentuletarantula
2Italiantarantolatarantula
3ItalianTarantothe letter T in the [[Appendix:Italian spelling alphabet
4LatinTarentumLatin name of the town
5Ancient GreekΤάρᾱςTarās; Greek name of the town
6Illyriandarandosoak
Every word from Illyrian darandos →Every word from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς →Every word from Latin Tarentum →