ambrosia
‘food of the gods’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Lat. ambrosia ‘favored food or drink of the gods’ < Gk. ambrosia ‘food of the gods’ < ambrosios ‘divine’ < ambrotos ‘immortal, imperishable’ < a-, an- ‘not’ + mbrotos ‘mortal’ < a < ne- < Tamil al