tarantism

The story

1. Latin · derived from-ismus“-ism”
2. Old Italian · derived fromTaranto“seaport in southern Italy”
3. New Latin · derived fromtarantismus
4. English todaytarantism

From New Latin tarantismus + English -ism (suffix forming nouns of action, process, or result), from Old Italian Taranto (“seaport in southern Italy”) + Latin -ismus (“-ism”); see further at tarantula. The English word is cognate with French tarentisme, Italian tarantismo.