You are on page 1of 1

Sagittarius 19: Pelicans moving their habitat

T h e w o r d p e li c an d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e O l d E n g l i s h p e l l ic an e , t h e L a t e L a t i n

p e l e ca n u s, a n d t h e G r e e k p e le ka n . T h e
l a t t e r i s a p p a re n t ly r e l a t e d t o p e le ka s " w o o d p e c k e r " a n d p e le kys " a x , " p e r h a p s s o c a l le d f r o m t h e s h a p e o f t h e b i r d ' s b i l l. 1 T h e w o r d mov e de sc e 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 oo t me ue -1 w h i c h m e a n s t o p u s h a w a y . 2 P a r o n ym s i n c l u d e i n c l u d e m o b , m o me n t,

m o m e n t u m, m o t io n, m o ti ve , mo t o r, mo ve , m o ve me n t, c om m o t i o n, e m o t i on , p ro m o te , re m o t e, a n d re m o ve .
T h e w o r d h a b i t at d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e IE r o o t gh abh - w h i ch m e a n s t o g i v e o r r e c e i ve . 3 A m o n g i t s d e ri v a t i ve s a r e s e v e r a l w o rd s c o n c e r n i n g h o u s i n g , e . g . h ab ita b l e , p ro hi bi t , a n d i n h a bi ta n t . TH EMES : Re c a l l t ha t t h e p a r o n y m s o f m o v e i n c l u d e m ot io n , m ot o r,

m o t i ve, m o m e nt u m, a n d re m o ve . S e ve r a l p a r o n y m s o f h ab i t a t c on c e r n
h o u s i n g o r p la c e s w h e r e p e op l e o r t hi n g s l i v e . S y n o n y ms o f h a bi t at i n c l u d e h o m e, l o cal e , e n vi ro n me n t, s urro u n di n gs , a n d t erri t o ry . T h e li n k b e t w e e n t he s e t w o g r o u p s o f w o r d s i s f o u n d i n o n e o f t he m a n y d e f i n i t i o n s o f t h e v e r b m o ve . O n e o f t h e m i s t o g o f r o m o n e r e si d e n ce o r l o c a t i on t o a n o t he r; r e l o c a t e . 4 S i m i l a rl y , a m o ve r i s o n e t h a t t ra n sp o r t s h o u s e h o l d o r o f f i ce g o o d s f r o m o n e lo c a t i on . T h u s, t he t h e m e o f t h i s s y m b o l i s MOVEMENT .

1 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pelican 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roo ts, p. 55 3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 28 4 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/move

Starling Hunter 2011

You might also like