ète noun /è.tē/
èti (alternative)
Definitions
  1. dead skin that has been peeled off
  2. leaves plucked from the stem of a plant
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 2 entries spelled “ète”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
Etymology
From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + te (“to peel something from the body or stem”).
Component words
è-nominalizing prefixteto peel something from the body or stem
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 2, where this word is spelled “ete”. Reference: en-ete-yo-noun-9-wzzR7f