caricature

‘an exaggerated drawing’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    F. caricature < Ital. caricatura ‘satirical picture; an exaggeration’ < caricare ‘to load; exaggerate’ < Vulgar Lat. carricare ‘to load a wagon or cart’ < Lat. carrus ‘two-wheeled wagon’ < Gaul. karros < krsos < kar < kers- < Tamil kaṭu