noli me tangere

‘a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. noly me tangere, nolitangere, nollimy tangere < L. nolīmētangere ‘do not touch me’ < noli ‘to be unwilling’ + me < O.E. me, mec < Proto- G. meke, mes + tangere ‘to touch’ < meh < me- < Tamil em