prerogative
‘an exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group to command, rule or judge’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. prerogatif, prerogatyffe, prerogatyve < A.Lat. prerogatif < O.F. prerogative < Med.Lat. prerogativa ‘special right’ < Lat. praerogativa ‘prerogative, previous choice or election, privilege’ < Rom. praerogativus ‘chosen to vote first, that is asked before’ < praerogere ‘ask before others’ < prae ‘before’ + Lat. rogare ‘to ask, ask a favor’ < rawg < reg- < Tamil aracaṉ