pentacle
‘a talisman or magical symbol in the shape of or inscribed with a pentagram’
Lexical development traced from Tamil root:
Med.Lat. pentaculum ‘pentagram’ < Gk. pente ‘five’ +-culum < pentuh < penkwe- < Tamil aintu
pentacle
‘a talisman or magical symbol in the shape of or inscribed with a pentagram’
Lexical development traced from Tamil root:
Med.Lat. pentaculum ‘pentagram’ < Gk. pente ‘five’ +-culum < pentuh < penkwe- < Tamil aintu
English words derived from Tamil aintu connoting ‘the number five’