dropsy
‘morbid accumulation of watery liquid in a part of the body’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. dropesie, dropsye, dropcy, dropsie < M.E. ydropsy, idropsie < O.F. idropisie < Lat. hydropsis < Gk. hydrops ‘dropsy’ < hydor ‘water’ < draw < wed- < Tamil utakam