patriot
‘one who loves his fatherland’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. patriotte, patriote < F. patriote < La.Lat. patriota ‘fellow-countryman’ < Gk. patriotes ‘fellow countryman’ < patrios ‘of one’s fathers’ < patris ‘fatherland’ < pater ‘father’ + -otes < payt < pəter- < Tamil appā