deny
‘say no to’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. denye, denie < O.F. denoiir ‘deny, repudiate, withhold’ < Lat. denegare ‘to deny, reject, refuse’ < de ‘away’ + negare ‘refuse, say no’ < O.Lat. nec ‘not’ < Ital. nek ‘not’ < nai < ne- < Tamil al