abbess
‘the superior of a convent’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. abbas, abbace, abbesse < O.F. abbesse < La.Lat. abbatissa < Lat. abbas < Gk. abbas < Aram. abba ‘the father, my father’ < abh ‘father’ < abe < Tamil appā
abbess
English words derived from Tamil appā connotating 'father'