empire
‘group of states under one ruler’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. enpyre, empyere, empir, empyre < O.F. empire ‘rule, authority, kingdom, imperial rule’ < Lat. imperium ‘a rule, a command; authority, control, power; supreme power, sole dominion; military authority; a dominion, realm’ < imperare ‘to command’ < in- ‘in’ + parare ‘to order, prepare’ < uhm < en < Tamil il-iṉ
Other meaning: Fashion: of a woman’s garment.