limn
‘paint’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. limyne, lymm, lymn(e), limb(e), limne < M.E. luminen ‘to illuminate manuscripts’ < O.F. luminer ‘light up, illuminate’ < Lat. luminare ‘illuminate, burnish’ < lumen ‘radiant, energy, light’ related to lucere ‘to shine’ < leuk-smen- < li < leuk- < Tamil el