carotene
‘orange-colored hydrocarbon found in carrots and other plants’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
G. carotin < Lat. carota ‘carrot’ < F. carrotte < Lat. carota < Gk. karōton ‘carrot’ < kre- + G. -ine < kar < ker- < Tamil kaṭu
carotene
Technical words derived from 'carotene'
beta - carotene - பீட்டா - கரோட்டீன் நிறமி.
English words derived from Tamil kaṭu connoting ‘horn’