Ge mi ni 17: Th e h ead of he a lt h d i ssolve d i nt o t he h ea d o f me nt a li t y The word head descends from the root kaput( h e a d ) , a s d o t h e w o r d s c a p r i c e , a c h i e ve , b i c e p s , c a d d i e , ca d e t , ca p i t a l , ca p it o l , c a p it u l a t e , ca p t a in , c a t t l e , c ha p t e r , c he f , c h i e f , c o r p o r a l , k e r c h i e f , a n d mischief.1 T h e w o r d h e a l t h d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e r o o t ka i l o w h i c h m e a n s w ho l e , u n i n j u r e d, o f g o o d o m e n . 2 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 cl u d e h a i l , ha l e , h a l l o w , he a l , H e l ga , ho l i da y , H o l l y , h o l l y , h o l y , O l ga , Oleg, and whole.

e. T h e w o r d d i s s o l v e s i s c o m p r i se d o f t h e p r e f i x d i s - , t he b a s e s o l ve , a n d t h e s u f f i x s . T h e b a s e i s a d e r i v a t i v e o f t h e ro o t l e u - 1 w h i c h m e a n s t o l o o se n , divide, cut a p a rt . 3 Other derivatives i n c l u de a b s o l u t e , a b so l v e , a n a l y si s , f o r l o r n , l a g , l e a s i n g , l e s s , l o o se , l o s e , l o s s , r e so l u t e , p a r a l y s i s , a n d t h e s u f f i x l y t i c. Finally, the word mentality is the noun form of the adjective mental. This word descends from the root men-1 which means to think and w h o s e d e r i v a t i v e s r e f e r t o s e v e r a l d i f f e r e n t s t a t e s o f mi n d a n d t h o u g h t . These include a m n e s ia , a mn e st y , automatic, me m e n t o , comment, me n t a l , dement, me n t io n , demonstrate, ma n i a , ma n i a c , mantra,

m n e m o n i c , mo n it o r , m o n st e r , mo n u m e n t , m o sa i c , mu se , mu s e u m , m u s i c , m u st e r , su m mo n , a n d p r e m o n it i o n . 4 T H E M E S : T h e f i r s t t h e m e c o n ce r n s t h e d i c h o t o m y b e t we e n P A R T a nd W H O L E . R e c a l l t ha t t h e w o r d d i s s o l ve s d e s c e n d s f r o m a r o o t t h a t m e a n s

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 t o l o o se n , d i v i d e , c u t a p a r t . T h e w or d h e a l t h d e s c e n ds f r o m a r o o t t h a t means whole, uninjured, of good omen. A s e c o n d t h e m e c on c e r n s W E L L NE S S o r t h e l os s o r la c k t h e r e o f . F i r s t t h e r e i s t h e k e y w o r d h e a l t h a n d i t s p a r o n y m s h e a l t hy a n d h a l e ( f r e e f r o m i n f i r m i t y o r i l l n e s s) . I n ma r k e d c o n t r a s t a r e p a r o n y m s o f d i s s o l v e s s u c h a s p a ra l ys i s ( l o s s o r i m p a i r m e n t o f t h e a b i l i t y t o mo v e a b o d y p a r t ) a n d f o rl o rn ( w r e t ch e d o r p i t i f u l i n a p p e a r a n ce o r c on d i t i o n ) . T h e n t he r e a r e p a r on y m s o f me nt ali t y s u c h a s m a n i a ( a ma n i fe s t a t i o n o f b i p o la r disorder, c h a r a ct e r i z e d by p r o f us e and rapidly changing i d e a s, e x a g g e r a t e d se x u a l i t y , ga i e t y , o r i r r i t a b i li t y, a n d d e c r e a se d s l e e p ) ,

a m n e si a ( p a r t i a l or t o t a l l o s s o f m e m o r y , u s u a l l y r e s u l t i n g f r o m s h o c k,
psychological d i st u r b a n ce , b ra i n i njury, or i l ln e s s) ,

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( d e t e ri o r a t i o n o f i n t e l l e c t u a l f a c u lt i e s , s u c h a s m e m o ry , c o n c e n t r a t i on , and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the b r a i n ) , m an i a c ( a n i n s a n e p e r s o n ) , a n d m e nt a l i l l ne s s ( a n y o f v a ri o u s c o n d i t i on s c ha r a ct e r i z e d by impairment of an i n di v i d u a l ' s normal c o g n i t i v e , e m o t i o n a l , o r b e h a v i o r a l f un c t i on i n g) . A t h i r d t h e m e c o n c e r n s t h e M I ND . Am o n g t h e d e f i n i t i on s o f h e ad a r e t h e s e a t o f t h e f a c u l t y o f r e a s on ; i n t e l l i ge n c e , i n t e l l e c t , o r mi n d a n d m e n t a l a b i li t y o r a p t i t u d e . 5 D e f i n i t i o n s o f men t a li t y i n c l u d e c a st o r t u r n o f m i n d a n d t he s u m o f a p e r s o n ' s i n t e l le c t u a l c a p a b i li t i e s o r endowment.6

5 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/head 6 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/mentality Starling Hunter 2011 2