-lytic
‘of, relating to, or causing a specified kind of decomposition’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Gk. lytikos ‘able to loosen, loosing’ < lytos ‘loosed’ < lyein ‘to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie’ < li < leu- < Tamil aṟuttal
-lytic
‘of, relating to, or causing a specified kind of decomposition’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Gk. lytikos ‘able to loosen, loosing’ < lytos ‘loosed’ < lyein ‘to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie’ < li < leu- < Tamil aṟuttal
English words derived from Tamil aṟuttal connoting ‘cutting’