address
‘to direct oneself to, to guide, make straight or right’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. adresce, adresse, adres, addres < O.F. adrecier ‘go straight toward; straighten, set right; point, direct’ < Vulgar Lat. addirectiare ‘make straight’ < ad ‘to’ + directiare ‘make straight’ < Lat. directus ‘straight, direct’ < dirigere ‘set straight’ < dis- ‘apart’ + regere ‘to direct, to guide, keep straight’ < res < reg- < Tamil aracaṉ