tarántula

Concepts

tarantula

spider

🕷️

Synonyms

araña grande

araña

🕷️

taranta

Translations

tarantola

tarentule

Tarantel

tarântula

taràntula

ταραντούλα

tarantula

Vogelspinne

ragno grande

grande araignée

Pamphobetus sp.

vogelspin

Phormictopus sp.

mygale

Hyphenated as

ta‧rán‧tu‧la

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taˈɾantula/

Etymology

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”).