legerdemain
‘sleight movement of hands’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. leidgerdemain, legerdemain, legeirdemaine, legerdimane, liegerdumayn, legerdemain, leger-du-maine, ligier de meyne, lechardemane, lygarde de mayne < O.F. léger de main ‘quick of hand’ < léger ‘light’ < O.F. legier < Lat. levis ‘light’ < leh < legwh- < Tamil el