kermes
‘a dye produced by an insect’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. kermez, chermez < Med.Lat. cremesinus < Arab. qirmiz ‘kermes’ < Skt. krmi-ja ‘red dye produced by a worm’ < ker < gene- < Tamil īṉ
kermes
English words derived from Tamil īṉ connoting 'beget'