[French, from Middle French, alteration (with -ière, denominal suffix used to make names for useful objects) of tuyau, pipe, from Old French tuyau, hollow stem, pipe, from early Old French tudel : *tud, hollow stem, pipe (of Frankish origin; akin to Old English thēota, pipe, channel, from thēotan, to howl, make a rushing sound, from Germanic theutan, probably of imitative origin) + -el, dimininutive suffix (from Latin -illus).]