examine
‘to observe carefully or critically, inspect, test, question’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. examne, exampne, examen, examyne < O.F. examiner ‘interrogate, question, torture’ < Lat. examinare ‘to test or try, consider, ponder’ < examen ‘a means of weighing or testing’ < exigere ‘demand, require, enforce’ < ex ‘out’ + agere ‘to set in motion, drive, drive forward; to do, perform’ < aam < ag- < Tamil ukai