preserve
'protect, keep safe’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E.preser', presairve, preserve, praeserue, presarf, preserow, pryserw, praeserue, preserwe < A.F. preservare < O.F. preserver, Med.Lat. preservare ‘keep, preserve’ < La.Lat. praeservare ‘guard beforehand’ < Lat. prae ‘before’ + servare ‘to keep safe’ < zuhv < ser- < Tamil iṟai