apocryphal
‘of doubtful authenticity’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
La.Lat. apocrypha < apocryphus ‘secret, not approved for public reading’ < Gk. apokryphos ‘hidden; obscure, hard to understand’ < apo- ‘off, away’ + kryptein ‘to hide’ < uhpaw < apo < Tamil ava