centriole
‘one of two cylindrical cellular structures that are composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. centriol, centriole < G. centriole < Mod.Lat. centriolum < Lat. centrum ‘center’ < Gk. kentron ‘sharp point, goad, sting of a wasp’ < kentein ‘stitch’ < sent < kent- < Tamil kaṇṭam