accipiter
‘a hawk of the genus accipiter’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Lat. accipiter < Proto-Ital. aku-petri- ‘having pointed wings’ < Gk. akro- ‘pertaining to an end, extreme’ < akros ‘at the end, at the top, outermost; consummate, excellent’ + ptero- < aks < akri- < ak- < Tamil akku