apagoge
‘a subtle or specious piece of reasoning; a demonstration which does not prove a thing directly, but shows the absurdity or impossibility of denying it’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Gk. apagogē ‘a leading away’ (used by Aristotle in a logical sense) < apagein ‘to lead away’ < apo- ‘from, away from’ + agein ‘push forward, put in motion; stir up; excite, urge’ < ugh < ag- < Tamil ukai