Where does “тарантул” come from?

тарантул (Russian) comes from Old Italian tarantola, from Old Italian Taranto, from Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς, from Illyrian darandos — oak.

тарантул (Russian): tarantula

Definitions

  1. tarantula

Ancestry of “тарантул”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italiantarantola—
2Old ItalianTarantoseaport in southern Italy
3LatinTarentumLatin name of the town
4Ancient GreekΤάρᾱςTarās; Greek name of the town
5Illyriandarandosoak
Every word from Illyrian darandos →Every word from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς →Every word from Latin Tarentum →