n. petition / representation / request / submission / suit

1610s, from It. grotta, ultimately from L. crypta vault, cavern, from Gk. krypte hidden place (see CRYPT (Cf. crypt)). Terminal o may be from its being spelled that way in many translations of Dante s Divine Comedy

c.1600, civil magistrate, especially in Geneva, from Fr. syndic chief representative (14c.), from L.L. syndicus representative of a group or town, from Gk. syndikos public advocate, from syn together + dike judgment, justice, usage, custom…

puppet worked by strings, c.1620, lit. little little Mary, from Fr. marionette (16c.), dim. of O.Fr. mariole figurine, idol, picture of the Virgin Mary, dim. of Marie (see MARY (Cf. Mary))

see DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS