emphasis
‘intensity of statement’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. emphesis < Lat. emphasis < Gk. emphasis ‘an appearing in, outward appearance’ < emphainein ‘to present, exhibit, display, let (a thing) be seen; be reflected (in a mirror)’ < en ‘in’ + phainein ‘to show’ < em < en < Tamil il-iṉ