lysergic
‘a crystalline organic compound’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
lys (hydrolysis) < Gk. lysis ‘a loosening, a dissolution’ < lyein ‘to loosen, dissolve’ + erg + ‑ic < lai < leu- < Tamil aṟuttal
lysergic
English words derived from Tamil aṟuttal connoting ‘cutting’