inamorata
‘female lover, woman with whom one is in love’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Ital. innamorata ‘mistress, sweetheart’ < Lat. in ‘in’ + amore ‘love’ < O.F. amee ‘beloved’ < amer ‘to love’ < Lat. amare ‘to love’ < Proto-Ital. ama- ‘to take, hold' < amaw < Tamil amar