suffragette
‘female supporter of the cause of women’s voting rights’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
O.F. sofrage 'plea, intercession' + -ette < O.F. -et < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < et < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
suffragette
English words derived from iṭṭu connoting 'small'