narration
‘a tale, recitation’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. narracioun, narracion, narracyon < O.F. narracion ‘account, statement, a relating, recounting, narrating, narrative tale’ < Lat. narrationem ‘a relating, narrative’ < narrare ‘to tell, relate, recount, explain’ < gnarus ‘knowing’ < gne-ro- < nuh < gno- < Tamil kaṇ
Other meanings: Film and Television: spoken commentary on film or television; a voice over.