gingerly
‘with great care’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. gingerlie, gyngerly, gingerle < O.F. gensor, ‘dainty, delicate’ < Lat. gentius ‘(well)-born’ < gentle ‘well-born, of noble family’ < jin < gene- < Tamil īṉ
gingerly
English words derived from Tamil īṉ connoting 'beget'