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Sagittarius 13: A widow's past brought to light
The word widow d e s c e nd s f r o m t h e I nd o -
E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t weidh- , “ to divide,
s epar at e . ” Pa r o ny m s i nc l u d e a s d o t h e w o r d s
devise, divide , a nd device . 1
The word past descends from the IE root
pete- which means “to spread.” 2 Paronyms
i nc l u d e fathom, patent , pace, pandy (to str ike
o n t h e o p e n p a l m o f t h e h a nd w i t h a c a ne o r
s t r a p f o r p u ni s h m e nt a t s c h o o l ) , pass,
compass, expand, passage, passport , spawn,
petal , pael la , pan, patina ( a p l a t e , u s u a l l y o f
gold or s i lver , that is used to hold the host
during the celebrat ion of the Eucharist) , pat ina ( t h e s h e e n o n a ny
s u r f a c e , p r o d u c e d by a g e a nd u s e ; a s h i ny s u r f a c e t h a t d e ve l o p s o n w o o d
or leather over a period of t ime) , and petasos (a wide-brimmed hat worn
by a nc i e nt G r e e ks a nd R o m a ns ; t h e w i ng e d h a t o f H e r m e s ) .
The word brought i s the adverbial form of the adject ive furt ive whichdescends from the IE root bher-1 , “ t o c ar r y ; a l s o t o b ear c h i l d r en . ”3
Pa r o ny m s i nc l u d e amphor, anaphora, bear , barrow, birth, bore, bring,
burden, burial , burly , confer , defer , di f fer , euphoria , ferret , forbear ,
fortune, furt ive, infer , metaphor , of fer , prefer , proffer , refer , suffer , and
t r an sf er .
The word l ight descends from the IE root leuk , “ l ight , br ightness .” 4
Pa r o ny m s i nc l u d e l ightning, lux , Luci fer , lucent , luster , i l lustrate, a nd
pellucid.
1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 97
2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 67
3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 10
4 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 49
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THEMES: A s s h o w n i n t h e t a bl e be l o w , f o u r
t h e m e s a r e i m m e d i a t e l y e v i d e nt a m o ng t h e
a bo v e ke y w o r d s , t h e i r r o o t s , a nd t h e i r
p a r o ny m s—LI G H T/S H I N E , C H I LD -B E A R IN G ,
W E A LTH , a nd S PI R I TUA LI TY. Ta ke n t o g e t h e r ,
they suggest that birth of a golden chi ld .
Interest ingly , in 1986 a movie by the name
“T h e G o l d en C h i l d ” w as r e l eas e i n t h e Uni t ed
S t at es . T h e p l o t s y no ps i s w as as f o l l o w s : “ A
private detect ive special izing in missing
chi ldren is charged with the task of f inding a
special chi ld that dark forces want to
el i m i nat e . ”5 Further emphasizing the idea of spir i tual i ty was the movie’s
tag l ine which read “EDDIE MURPHY IS CHOSEN ONE.” But of course, he
w a s o nl y “chosen ” t o f i nd t h e “ CHOSEN ONE. ”
T h e m e I E R o o t ( d e f i n i t i o n ) K e y w o r d /P a r o n ym ( d e f i n i t i o n )
L i g h t / s h i n e l e u k ( l i g h t , b r i g h t n e s s ) l i g h t
L i g h t / s h i n e p e t e - ( t o s p r e a d ) p a t i n a ( a s h i n y s u r f a c e )
C h i l d - b e a r i n g b h e r - 1 ( t o b e a r c h i l d r e n ) b i r t h , b o r e , b e a r
C h i l d - b e a r i n g p e t e - ( t o s p r e a d ) s p a w n ( o f f s p r i n g o c c u r r i n g i n n u m b e r s )
W e a l t h b h e r - 1 ( t o c a r r y ) f o r t u n e ; b e a r e r b o n d
W e a l t h p e t e ( t o s p r e a d ) p a t i n a ( a p l a t e , u s u a l l y o f g o l d o r s i l v e r )
W e a l t h p e t e - ( t o s p r e a d ) P e t a s o s ( t h e w i n g e d - h a t o f H e r m e s , t h e
g o d o f c o m m e r c e a n d t h e f t )
S p i r i t u a l i t y p e t e - ( t o s p r e a d ) p a t i n a ( a p l a t e , u s u a l l y o f g o l d o r s i l v e r ,
t h a t i s u s e d t o h o l d t h e h o s t d u r i n g t h ec e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e E u c h a r i s t )
S p i r i t u a l i t y p e t e - ( t o s p r e a d ) P e t a s o s ( t h e w i n g e d h a t o f H e r m e s , t h em e s s e n g e r o f t h e G o d s )
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