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Aquarius 29: Butterfly emerging from chrysalis

T h e w o r d b ut t er d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) ro o t t eu e-2 , t o s w e l l. P a r o n ym s i n c l u d e t h i gh , th u m b ,

t h o l e ( a w o o d e n p e g s e t i n p a i r s i n t he
g u n w a l e s o f a b o a t t o s e r v e a s a n o a r lo c k ) ,

t yl o s i s ( i n f la m m a t i o n o f t h e e y e l i d s) , t u m e s c en t , t u m i d, t u m o r , t ru f f l e , t ube r , t yr o s i n e , ob t u ra te ( t o c l os e , o b st r u c t ) , q u a rk ( a s o f t c r e a m y a c i d - c u r e d c h e e s e o f
c e n t r a l E u r o p e m a d e f r o m w h o l e m i lk ) , s o m a ( t he b o d y o f a n i n d i v i d u a l a s o p p o se d t o t he m i n d o r p s y c he ) , cre o s o t e , a n d l i ni m en t . T h e w o r d f l y de s c e n d s f r o m t h e I E r oo t p l eu - w hi c h m e a n s t o f l o w . 1 I t s p a r on y m s i n c l ud e p l o ve r ( a w a d i n g b i r d ) , P l u t o, f l o w, f l u e, f l o o d,

f l e dgl i n g, f l e y, f l e tc h e r, f l i gh t, f o wl, fl e e t, f l o at , f l ot s a m, f l o t i l l a, f l u t te r, f l i t , a n d f l u s te r .
T h e w o r d e mer ge d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e IE r o o t mez g-1 , t o d i p , p l u n g e . A m o n g i t s p a r o n ym s a r e m e rge , e merge , i m m e rse , s u bm e rge , m e rgan s e r, a n d de m e rs a l . T h e w o r d c h rys ali s d e s c e n d s f r o m t he L a t i n c h rys a l li s a n d t h e G r e e k

kh rys a l l i s w h i c h me a n s " g o l d e n c o l o re d p u p a o f t he b u t t e r f l y . " 2 T h e


l a t t e r d e s c e n d s f r om t h e G r e e k k h yr s o s w h i c h m e a n s g o ld p l u s a s e c on d e l e me n t me a n i n g s o m e t h i n g li k e s h e a t h . T H E M E S : T h e f i r st t h e m e c on c e r n s WATE R a n d F L U IDITY . R e c a l l t ha t t h e k e y w o r d f l y d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t p l eu - w h i c h me a n s t o f l o w , i . e . t o m o ve o r r u n s m o o t h l y w i t h u n b r o k e n c o n t i n ui t y, a s i n t h e ma n n e r c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f a f l u i d . 3 I t s p a r o n y ms i n c l u d e fl o o d ( a n o v e r f l o w i n g o f w a t e r o n t o l a n d t ha t i s n o r m a l l y d r y ) a n d f l o a t ( t o re m a i n s u sp e n de d w i t h i n o r on t he s ur f a c e o f a f l u i d w i t h o u t s i n k i n g ) . T h e n t h e r e i s m ez g 1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 68 2 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=chrysalis 3 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/flow Starling Hunter 2011 1

1 , t h e r o o t o f e m e rg e , w h i c h me a n s t o d i p , p l u n ge a n d w h o s e d e r i v a t i v e s i n c l u d e i m m e r s e (t o c o v e r c o m p l e t e l y i n a l i q u i d ) , s u bm e r g e ( t o p l a ce u n d e r o r c o v e r w i t h w a t e r ) a n d d e m e r s a l ( d w e l l i n g a t o r n e a r t h e b ot t o m o f a b od y o f w a t e r ) . T h e r e a r e a l s o r e f e r e n c e s t o BI RDS i n b o t h g r o u p s, p a r t i cu l a r l y w a t e r f o w l . P a r o n y m s o f f ly i n c l u d e f o wl ( a b i r d o f a n y k i n d ) , fl e dgl i n g ( a y o u n g b i r d t h a t h a s r e c e n t l y a c q ui r e d i t s f l i g ht f e a t h e r s ), a n d p l o ve r ( w a d i n g b i r d s ) . O n e o f t h e p a r on y m s o f e merg e i s m e rgan s e r ( f i s h - e a t i n g diving duck).

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