spinneret
‘silk-spinning organ of a silkworm or spider’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. spinner ‘spider’ < spinner + -et < O.F. -et, -ette < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < et < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
spinneret
‘silk-spinning organ of a silkworm or spider’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. spinner ‘spider’ < spinner + -et < O.F. -et, -ette < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < et < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
English words derived from iṭṭu connoting 'small'