precipitate
‘to throw from or as if from a great height; hurl downward’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. praecipitate < Lat. praecipitatus < praecipitare ‘to throw or dive headlong; be hasty’ < praeceps ‘steep, headlong, headfirst’ < prae ‘before, forth’ + caput ‘head’ < sipuht < kaput- < Tamil kappu