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Aries 23: A woman in pastel colors carrying a heavy and

valuable but veiled load

The word woman descends f rom the

Indo-European ( IE) root ghwibh- which

means “shame, a l so pudenda .” 1

The word pas te l descends f rom the IE

root kwet - which means “ to shake .” 2 I t s

paronyms are cask , pas ta , pas t ry , pa t ty ,

squash , and severa l words conta in i ng the

su ff ixes t o t he base cuss , e . g . d iscuss ion ,

concuss ion , percuss ion .

The word color descends f rom the IE

root ke l -1 which means “ to cover,

conceal , save .” 3 Among i t s paronyms are

ca lypso , ce l l , ce l la r , c landes t ine , concea l , ha l l , he lm , he lmet , ho ld , ho le ,

ho l low , hols te r , hous ing , Valha l la , and occul t .

The word car ry descends f rom the IE root kers -2 which means “ to

run . ” I t s paronyms inc lude ca r , career , cargo , car ica ture , carpenter , charge , char io t , concur , cor r idor , cour ie r , course , cur ren t , cursor , incur ,

recur , and succor. 4

The word heavy descends f rom the IE root kap- which means ‘ to

grasp . ” Among i t s paronyms we f ind the words accept , an t ic ipa te , behave ,

behoove , cable , capable , capt ion , captor , ca tch , ca te r , chase , copper ,

except , have , haven , hawk , heave , hef t , in te rcept , munic ipa l , occupy ,

part icipate , perce ive , rece ive , rec ipe , recover , recupera te , and suscept ib le . 5

1 Wa t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 3 2 2 Wa t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 4 5 3 Wa t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 3 8 4 Wa t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 4 1 5 Wa t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 3 7

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The word valuable descends f rom the IE root wal - which means ‘ to be

s t rong.” Among i t s paronyms are ava i l , convalesce , counterva i l , eva lua te ,

inva l id , p reva i l , va le (a fa rewel l ) , va lence , va l ian t , va l i d , va lor , and

wie ld .6

The word vei led descends f rom the IE root weg-1 which means “ to

weave a web.” 7 Paronyms of the keyword inc lude velum (a cover ing or

pa r t i t i on o f t h in membranous t i s sue ; a so f t pa l a t e ) , vo i le (a l igh t , p la in-

weave , sheer fabr ic of co t ton , rayon, s i lk , o r wool used espec ia l ly for

making dresses and cur ta ins) , vexi l lum (the webl ike par t o f a fea ther ; the

vane ) , and revea l .

F ina l ly, the word load descends f rom the root le i t -2 , def ined as “ to go

for th , d ie .” 8 I t paronyms inc lude lead , le i tmot i f , l ive l ihood , and lode .

THEMES: As shown in the tab le be low, there a re two or three broad

themes tha t run through the seven keywords ana lyzed above . The f i r s t

concerns FOOD and i t s prepara t ion . A second theme concerns nurs ing

and NURTURANCE . Thi rd , there a re severa l words concerned wi th

AGGRESSION and MARTIAL CONFLICT .

T h e m e K e y w o r d P a r o n y m sF o o d p a s t e l p a s t a , p a s t r y, p a t t y, s q u a s hF o o d c a r r y c o u r s e , a s i n a t h r e e - c o u r s e m e a lF o o d h e a v y c a t e r , r e c i p e , c o p p e r ( a s i n a c o o p e r c o o k i n g b o w l )N u r t u r e c a r r y s u c c o r N u r t u r e w o m a n s u c k ( l e )N u r t u r e h e a v y h a v e n , r e c o v e r , r e c u p e r a t e , s u s c e p t i b l eN u r t u r e v a l u a b l e c o n v a l e s c e , i n v a l i dN u r t u r e p a s t e l c o n c u s s i o nC o n f l i c t c o l o r c e l l , h e l m e t , h o l s t e r C o n f l i c t c o l o r c h a r g e , c h a r i o tC o n f l i c t h e a v y c a p t u r e , c a t c h , c h a s e , h a w kC o n f l i c t v a l u a b l e v a l i a n t , v a l o r , w i e l dC o n f l i c t l o a d l e a d , “ t o g o f o r t h , d i e ”

6 Wa t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 9 5 7 Wa t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 9 5 8 Wa t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 4 8

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