driblet
‘a small part of liquid’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. dribblet,dribbet < drib ‘drop’+ O.F. -elet (double-diminutive) < Lat. ellus + F. -et,-ette < O.F. –et < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < uht < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
driblet
English words derived from iṭṭu connoting 'small'