eupatrides
‘hereditary aristocracy of ancient Athens’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Lat. eupatridæ < Gk. eu- + < M.E. fader < O.E. fæder ‘he who begets a child, nearest male ancestor,’ (in Late Old English) ‘one who exercises parental care over another’ < Proto-G. fader + idēs < pat < pəter- < Tamil appā