renaissance
‘rebirth, revival’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. rénaissance < F. renaissance des lettres < O.F. renaissance ‘rebirth’ < renastre ‘be reborn’ < Vulgar Lat. renascere < Lat. renasci ‘be born again, rise again, reappear, be renewed’ < re- ‘again’ + nasci ‘be born’ < O.Lat. gnasci < nay < gene- < Tamil īṉ