neglect
‘omit to do or perform’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. neclecte, neglecte, neclect < Lat. neglectus < neglegere ‘to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not trouble oneself about’ < O.Lat. nec ‘not’ + legere ‘pick up, select’ < nuh < ne- < Tamil al