prodigal
‘wasteful, lavish’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. prodygal, prodygall, prodigall < F. prodigal < La.Lat. prodigalis < Lat. prodigus ‘wasteful’ < prodigere ‘drive away, waste’ < pro ‘forth’ + agere ‘to set in motion, drive; to do, perform’ < gl < ag- < Tamil ukai