liquefy
‘to cause to become liquid’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. liquify < O. F. liquefier ‘liquefy, dissolve’ < Lat. liquefacere ‘make liquid, melt, dissolve’ < liquere ‘be fluid’ related to liqui ‘flow’ + facere ‘to make’ < li < lik (Skeat) < Tamil aruvi