negligee
‘to neglect’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. neglejay, negligée < F. négligée < négligier ‘to neglect’ < Lat. neglegere ‘to disregard, not heed, not trouble oneself about’ < neglectus ‘to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not trouble oneself about’ < O.Lat. nec ‘not’ + legere ‘pick up, select’ < neh < ne- < Tamil al