Capricorn 12: A student of nature lecturing

T h e k e y w o r d s t u den t d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t ( s)t eu - 1 w h i c h me a n s t o p u s h, s t i c k , k n o c k , b e a t . A m o n g i t s p a r o n y m s a re s e v e r a l w o r d s t h a t r e f e r t o p r oj e c t i n g o b j e c t s, f r a g m e n t s , a n d r e l a t e d e x p r e s si v e n ot i on s a n d q u a li t i e s. 1 T h e s e i n c l u d e s te ep , s t ep - , s t o op , s ti ve r , s t ub ,

s t o s s, s t ut t e r, s t ock , a l pe n st o c k , li n sto c k , t u c k ( a s l e n d e r s wo r d ) , st u c c o , s t o ker , s t up e n do u s, st u pi d , s t up e f y, e t u de , e t ui , s t u dy , t we e ze rs , St yx , t oi l, ra ta t o u i l le , t u s si s, pe rt u s si s , c o n t u s e , ob t u n d, pe rs e , p ie rc e , re t us e , - t ype , a rc h e t yp e , a n t it yp e , a n d t ym p a n u m.

T h e k e y w o r d n a t ure de s c e n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t g en e- w h i c h m e a n s t o g i v e b i r t h , b e g e t . I t s p a r on y m s a r e ge n de r, ge n e, gen t ee l , gen e ri c,

ge n e s is , ge n e ra l, ge n e ro u s, ge n ot ype , ge n e a l o gy, ge n o cide , ge n ui n e, ge n u s , ge n i u s, kin g, m a l i gn , n a ti ve, n at i o n, na t a l, p ro ge n it o r , a n d p ro ge n y a m on g m a n y o t h e r s. 2

T h e k e y w o r d l e ct ur e d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e I E r o o t l eg- 1 w hi c h m e a n s t o c o l l e c t . 3 M a n y o f i t s p a r o n y m s c o n n ot e t h e i d e a o f s p e a ki n g a n d w o r d s . T h e s e i n c l u d e l ee ch , l e ct e rn , l e gen d , le gi b l e , le gi o n , l e sso n , c oi l , c o l l e ct ,

di l i ge n t , e le c t , in t el l i ge n t , ne gl e c t , p re l e c t , s ac ri l e ge , se le c t , s o r t i le ge , l e x i c o n , l o gi on , - l ogu e , - l o gy , a l e x ia , an t h o l o gy , ca t a l o g, di a l e c t , dys l e x ia , e c l e c ti c , e c l o gu e , ho ro l o ge , l e ct o t yp e , l i gn i - , l e ga l, l e git im a t e , l e x, l o ya l, l e gi s l a t o r, l e ga c y , le ga t e , c o l le a gu e , co l l e gi a l , de l e gat e , re l e ga t e , l o gi c, l o gi s t i c , l o g o -, l o gos - , an a l o gy , a p o l o gy , e pi l o gu e , l o ga rith m , p ro l o gu e ,

a n d s yl l o gi s m .

1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 86 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of I ndo European Roots, p. 26 3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 47 Starling Hunter 2011 1

TH EMES : T h e k e y t h e m e c on c e r n s EDUCAT IO N . A m on g t h e p a r on y m s o f s t ud e nt i s t h e wo r d s t u dy . A m o n g t h e p a r o n y m s o f l ect u re i s t h e s u f f i x l o gy , o n e me a n i n g o f w h i c h i s a n o u n c o mb i n i n g fo r m i n d i ca t i n g t h e s c i e n ce o r s t u dy o f , e . g. t he o l o gy , p a t h o lo gy , m o rp ho l o gy ,

e t ym o l o gy . 4 A m o n g t h e p a r o n y m s o f n at ur e a r e b o t h ge n ea l o gy a n d ge n o t ype . R e c a l l t h a t t h e s u f f i x - t ype i s a p a r o n y m o f st ud e nt . M o r e o v e r,
t h e w o r d s ge n u s a n d t yp e a r e s y n on ym s . 5 F i n a l l y , t he r e i s a t l e a s t on e ob v i o u s fu n c t i o n a l r e la t i on sh i p h e re : a p a r o n y m o f st ud e nt i s t he w o r d s t u dy w h i l e t h e w o r d l e ss o n i s a p a r o n y m o f l ect u re.

4 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ -logy 5 http://thesaurus.com/browse/genus Starling Hunter 2011 2