apostle
‘especially the twelve witnesses sent forth by Jesus to preach his Gospel’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. apostol, apostill, apostylle, appostle < O.E. apostol ‘messenger’ < La.Lat. apostolus < Gk. apostolos ‘messenger, envoy’ < apostellein ‘send away, send forth’ < apo- ‘off, away from’ + stellein ‘to send’ < uhpaw < apo- < Tamil ava