read
‘to examine and grasp the meaning of written or printed characters, words, or sentences; to utter or render aloud’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
M.E. reden, ireden ‘to counsel, advise,’ also ‘to read’ < O.E. rædan, gerædan (W.S.), redan, geredan (A.) ‘to advise, counsel, persuade; discuss, deliberate; rule, guide; arrange, equip; forebode; to read’ < Proto-G.redan < ree < re- < Tamil ār