arrondissement

‘administrative subdivision of a French department’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. arondisment, arondissement, arrondisment < F. arrondir ‘to make round’ < a- ‘to’ + rond ‘round’ < redond < Vulgar Lat. retundus < Lat. rotundus ‘like a wheel, circular, round,’ related to Lat. rota ‘a wheel, a potter’s wheel; wheel for torture’ + ir < rawn < ret- < Tamil uruḷ

English words derived from Tamil uruḷ connoting ‘roll’