panicle

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπῆνος“web”
2. Latin · borrowed frompānicula
3. English todaypanicle

Borrowed from Latin pānicula, diminutive of pānus (“ear of millet, literally 'thread wound on a bobbin'”), from Ancient Greek πῆνος (pênos, “web”), πηνίον (pēníon, “bobbin”). Doublet of panocha.