Leo 08: A Bolshevik propagandist.

The word Bo lsh evi k is

Russian in origin but de scends u l t i m a t e l y f r o m t he I E r o ot b e l which means are st r o n g . 1 Its paronyms

deb i l it a te a n d

de b i l it y .
T h e w o r d p rop ag a nd a i s s h o r t f o r S a c ra

C o n gre ga t i a o de Pro p a ga n da F i de o r S a c r e d C o n g r e g a t i o n f o r
P r o p a g a t i n g t he F a i t h , a c o m m i t t e e of c a r d i n a l s e s t a b l i sh e d i n 1 6 2 2 b y P o p e G r e g o r y X V t o s u p e r v i se f o r e i g n m i s s i on s. T h e w o rd d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e L a t i n p rop a ga re , t o p r op a g a t e . 2 T he b a se o f p rop ag a nd a d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e I n d o - E u r op e a n r o o t p ag - w h i c h m e a n s t o f a s t e n . 3 O t h e r d e r i v a t i v e s o f t h i s r o o t i n c l u d e t h e wo r d s f a y ( t o j o i n o r f i t c l o se l y o r t i g h t l y ) , f an g , c o mp a c t , i mp a ct , i m pi nge ,

p a c e ( w i t h t h e p e rm i s s i on o f ) , p a y, pe a c e, a p pe a se , p a ci f i c, pa c i f y, p a ti o, pa l e ( a s t e a k
p o i n t e d s t i c k ) , p a l is a de , p ee l ( a f o r t i fi e d h o u s e o r t o w e r) , po l e , i m p al e, t ra vai l, or

t ra ve l , p a le t te , p eel ( a l on g - h a n d l e d,
s h o v e l - l i k e t oo l ) , pa ga n , p ea s an t, pa ge ,

p a ge an t, p rop a gat e , a n d p e ct i n .
THEMES: A m o n g t h e p a r o n y m s o f p rop ag a nd a a r e t h e w o r d s p ea ce ,

p a c i fi s t , a n d a pp eas e . R e c a l l t h a t Bols ehvi k d e sc e n d s f ro m t h e r o o t b e l which means s t re n g t h . The uniting theme c o n ce r n s two differing One p h i l o s op h i e s on ho w t o a c hi e v e P EACE ( a p a r o n y m o f p rop ag a nd a .

1 Watkins, c. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo -European Roots, p. 6 2 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/propaganda; http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=propaganda 3 Watkins, c. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo -European Roots, p. 61 Starling Hunter 2011 1

m e t h o d o r p h i l o s op h y i s p e a c e t h r ou g h s t r e n g t h 4 t h e o t h e r b e i n g p e a ce t h r o u g h a p p e a se me n t , s o me t h i n g t ha t i s o f t e n v i e w e d a s a s i g n o f w e a k n e s s o r de b i lit y ( a p a r o n y m o f Bolsh ev i k ) .

4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peace_through_strength

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