aperitif
‘alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E.apéritif < F. aperitif ‘laxative, laxative liqueur’ < Lat. aperitivus < aperire ‘to open, uncover’ < ap-wer-yo- < ap- (apo-) ‘away from’ + wer- ‘to cover’ < uhpa < apo- < Tamil ava