rejoinder
‘an answer’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. reioinder, rejonder, reioyner, rejoynder < O.F. rejoindre ‘to answer to a legal charge’ < re ‘again’ + join < O.F. joindre ‘join, connect, unite; have sexual intercourse with’ < Lat. iungere ‘to join together, unite, yoke’ < joyn < yeug- < Tamil okka