amateur
‘one who has a taste for some art, study, or pursuit, but does not practice it’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. amachoor < F. amateur ‘one who loves, lover’ < O.F. ameour < Lat. amatorem (amator) ‘lover, friend’ < amatus < amare ‘to love’ < Proto-Ital. ama- ‘to take, hold’ < amuh < Tamil amar