reign
‘rule, dominion’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. regn, rayne, raigne, reyne < O.F. reigne ‘kingdom, land, country’ < Mod.F. règne < Lat. regnum ‘kingship, dominion, rule, realm’ < regere ‘to rule, to direct, keep straight, guide’ < rei < reg- < Tamil aracaṉ