tarántula
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin tarantula (“wolf spider”), from Italian tarantola, from Taranto (“Taranto (city in Italy where wolf spiders are frequently found)”), from Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρας (Táras) (genitive singular Τάραντος (Tárantos)), possibly from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tarántula f (plural tarántulas)
Further reading
[edit]- “tarántula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Medieval Latin
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- Spanish terms derived from Italian
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Rhymes:Spanish/antula
- Rhymes:Spanish/antula/4 syllables
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- es:Arachnids