enemy

‘an unfriendly or hostile person’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. enemi(e), enmie, enmy(e), ennymy(e), enmei, enymy < O.F. enemi ‘enemy, adversary, foe; demon, the Devil’ < Lat. inimicus ‘an enemy’ < in- ‘not’ + amicus ‘friend’ < ehn < ne- < Tamil al

Technical words derived from 'enemy'

 

alien enemy - பகைநாட்டவர்; natural enemy - இயற்கை எதிரி; enemy crop - பகைப்பயிர்; arch - enemy - பெரும்பகைவன்.

English words derived from Tamil al connoting 'negation'