erysipelas
‘an acute skin disease with red inflammation’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. herisipila, erisipila, erisipilas, erysipely, earisiply < Gk. erysipelas < erythros ‘red’ + pella ‘skin’ < eh-ruh < reudh- < Tamil ar.
erysipelas
English words derived from Tamil ar connoting ‘red’