palfrey
‘a saddle horse, especially one for a woman to ride’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. palefrai, palfrey, palfray, palfreye < O.F. palefroi < Med.Lat. palafredus < La.Lat. paraveredus ‘post horse for outlying districts’ < Gk. para ‘beside, secondary’ + Med.Lat. veredus ‘post horse; light, fast horse used by couriers’ < Gaul. voredos < Ce. wo-red- < ree < reidh- < Tamil uruḷ