cloudlet
‘a little cloud’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
cloud ‘a mass of particles or droplets’+ O.F. -elet (double-diminutive) < Lat. ellus + F. -et, -ette < O.F. –et < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < uht < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
cloudlet
English words derived from iṭṭu connoting 'small'