benign
‘of kind disposition or exhibiting kindness’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. beningne, benigne, benign < O.F. benigne ‘kind, benign, merciful, gracious’ < Lat. benignus ‘kindly, kindhearted, friendly, generous,’ literally ‘well born’ < bene ‘well’ + gignere ‘to bear, beget’ < genus ‘birth’ < gne < gene- < Tamil īṉ