snippet
‘a small piece cut off; a small fragment or portion’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
snip ‘small piece of cloth cut off’ + -et < O.F. -et,-ette < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < uht < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
snippet
English words derived from iṭṭu connoting 'small'