subordinate
'having an inferior rank’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. subordynat < Med.Lat. subordinatus ‘placed in a lower order, made subject’ < subordinare ‘place in a lower order’ < Lat. sub ‘under’ + ordinare ‘arrange, set in order’ < ordo ‘row,rank, series, arrangement’ < Proto-Ital. ordn ‘row, order’ < awd < ar- < Tamil ār