abbot
‘the superior of a monastery’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. abud, habbod, abdode < O.E. abbod ‘abbot’ < Lat. abbatem < Gk. abbas < Aram. abba ‘the father, my father’ < abh ‘father’ < abuh < Tamil appā
abbot
English words derived from Tamil appā connotating 'father'