ample
‘full, large, spacious, of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. empler < O.F. ample ‘large, wide, vast, great’ < Lat. amplus ‘large, spacious; abundant, numerous; magnificent, distinguished,’ related to ampla ‘handle, grip; opportunity’ < Proto-Ital. amlo- ‘seizable’ < ama- ‘to take, hold’ < amp < Tamil amar