aqua vitae
‘a strong liquor such as whiskey or brandy’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. aqua-vite, aqua-vita < Med.Lat. aqua vitae ‘water of life’ < Lat. aqua ‘water’ + vital < akvaa < akwa- < Tamil ampu
aqua vitae
English words derived from Tamil ampu connotating 'water, sea'