curette
'a small surgical instrument in the shape of a scoop’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
F. curette ‘a scoop, scraper’ < curer ‘to clear, cleanse’ + -ette < O.F. -et < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < et < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
curette
English words derived from iṭṭu connoting 'small'