rotate

‘revolve or move round a center or axis’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    (Back formation of) rotation < Lat. rotationem ‘a turning about in a circle’ < rotare ‘turn round, revolve, whirl about, roll’ < Lat. rota ‘a wheel, a potter’s wheel; wheel for torture’ < roht < ret- < Tamil uruḷ

English words derived from Tamil uruḷ connoting ‘roll’