Taurus 4: The rainbows pot of gold

T h e w o r d r a i n b o w i s a n o p e n c o m p ou n d , t he first half of which descends from the IndoE u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t r e g - 2 ( m o i s t ), a s d o e s t h e w o r d i r r i g a t e . 1 T h e s e c o n d h a l f d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e I E r o ot b h e u g - 3 w h i c h m e a n s t o b e n d. 2 I t h a s t h r e e d i st i n ct d e f i n i t i o n s : ( 1 ) t h e f r o n t s e c t i on o f a s h i p o r b o a t ( 2 ) t o b e n d o r c u r v e d o w n w a r d ; s t o o p a n d ( 3 ) a b e n t , cu r v e d , o r a r c h e d o b j e c t . P a r o n y ms i n c l u d e b a g e l , b u xo m , b o g, b a il ( a n a r c h o r h o o p ) , a n d b e e ( a m e t a l r i n g or bracelet). T h e w o r d p o t d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e O l d E n g l i s h p o t t w h i l e g o l d d e s ce n d s f r o m g h e l - 2 w h i c h m e a n s t o s h i n e . 3 P a r o n y m s o f t h e l a t t e r i n c l u d e t he p r e f i x c hl o r o - , c ho l e r a , g l a d , gl a s s , gl a r e , g l a n ce , g l e e m , gl e e , gl i m m e r , g l o a t , ye l l o w , a n d H a r e K r i s hn a . THEMES: T w o o f t h e f o u r k e y w o r d s - - a n d a t l e a st t w o o f t h e i r The keyword rain has a p a r o n y m s ha v e a o n e o r m o r e h om o n y m s . monarch.

h o m o n y m , r e i gn , wh i c h m e a n s t h e e x e r c i s e o f s o v e re i gn p o we r , a s b y a It descends from the root reg-1 which means to lead in a s t r a i g h t li n e ; t o d i r e c t i n a st r a i g h t li n e , l e a d, r u l e . 4 T h e k e y w o r d b o w h a s b e a u a s a h om o n y m , a w o r d w h i c h m e a n s t he b o y f r i e n d o f a w o m a n o r g i r l . I t de s c e n d s f r o m t h e r o o t d e u - 2 w h i c h m e a n s t o d o , p e r fo r m , s h o w , re v e r e . 5 A m o n g t h e p a r o n ym s o f b o w a r e t h e w o r d s b a i l a n d b e e . T h e f o r m e r h a s s e v e r a l h o m on y m s . T h e m e a n i n g i n t e n d e d a b o ve i s t he a r c h e d h o o p l i k e h a n d l e o f a c o n t a i n e r , s u c h a s a p a i l. O t h e r d e f i n i t i on s a r e ( 1 ) s e c u r i t y , u s ua l l y a s u m o f m o n e y , e x c h a n g e d f o r t h e r e l e a s e o f a n

1 Watkins, 2 Watkins, 3 Watkins, 4 Watkins, 5 Watkins, C. C. C. C. C. (2000), (2000), (2000), (2000), (2000), The The The The The American American American American American Heritage Heritage Heritage Heritage Heritage Dictionary Dictionary Dictionary Dictionary Dictionary of of of of of Indo Indo Indo Indo Indo European European European European European 1 Roots, Roots, Roots, Roots, Roots, p. p. p. p. p. 70 12 29 7 17

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a r r e s t e d p e r s o n a s a g u a r a n t e e o f t h a t p e r s o n ' s a p p e a r a n c e f o r t r i a l ( 2 ) t o r e m o v e ( w a t e r) f r o m a b o a t b y r e p e a t e d l y f i l l i n g a c o n t a i n e r a n d e m p t y i n g i t o v e r t h e s i d e a n d ( 3 ) a p o le o r b a r u s e d t o c o n f i n e o r s e p a ra t e a n i m a l s. E a c h o f t h e se ha s d i f f e r e n t o r i g i n s , o n l y t h e la s t d e s c e n d s f r o m a n I n d o - E u r o p e a n r o ot b a k - w h i c h me a n s st a f f u s e d f o r s u p p o r t . 6 P a r o n y m s i n c l u d e ba c i l l u s , b a gu e t t e , b a i l e y , d e ba c l e , i m b e c i l e , a n d b a c t e r i u m . A n o t he r h o m o n y m i s b a l e . I t s t w o m e a n i n g s a re a l a r g e p a c k a ge o f r a w o r f i n i s he d m a t e r i a l t i g h t l y b o un d w i t h t w i n e o r w i r e a n d o f t e n wr a p p e d a n d e v i l; m e n t a l s u f f e r i n g; a n g u i s h. T h e f o r m e r d e s c e n d s f ro m t h e r o o t bh e l - 2 w h i c h m e a n s t o b l o w , s w e l l a n d w h o s e d e r i v a t i ve s r e f e r t o v a r i o us r o u n d o b j e ct s a n d t o t h e n ot i o n of tumescent masculinity.7 The second meaning descends from bhel-uw h i c h m e a n s t o ha r m . 8 T h e w o r d b e e t h a t d e s c e n d s f r o m bh eu g - 3 r e fe r s n ot t o t h e i n s e ct b ut t o a b e e bl o ck , a n a u t i c a l t e r m d e s c r i b i n g a p i e c e o f h a r d w o o d o n e i t h e r s i d e o f a b o w sp r i t t h r o u g h w h i c h f o r e s t a y s a r e r e e v e d . 9 T h e h o m o n y m o f t h i s w o r d i s a l s o b e e a n y o f se v e r a l w i n g e d, h a i ry - b o d i e d , u s ua l l y s t i n g i n g i n s e ct s . 10 I n t e r e st i n g l y, t ha t s h o r t w o r d h a s t w o r o o t s bh a - 2 a n d b h e i- . T he f o rm e r r o o t s me a n s t o s p e a k a n d f r o m i t a l s o d e s c e n d f a b l e , f a bu l o u s , f a ir y , f a t e , f a y , a f f a b l e , i n e f f a bl e , i n fa n t , i n f a n t r y , p r e fa c e , p r o p h e t , b a n , ba n a l , a ba n d o n , ba n i s h , c o n t r a b a n d , ba n d i t , b o o n , be e , f a m e , f a m o u s , e u p h e mi s m , p h o n e t i c , a n t he m , sy m p ho n y , t he s u f f i x p ho n y , t he p r e f i x p ho n o - , c o n fe s s , bl a me , a n d b l a s p h e me . 11 T h e s e c o n d r o o t m e a n s a b e e a n d b e e i s t h e o n l y w o r d t o w h i ch i t g i v e s r i s e . 12 T o s u m m a r i z e , t he h o m o n y m i c w o r d s a r e R A I N/ R E IG N , B O W / BE A U , BAIL, and BEE.

6 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 6 7 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 9 8 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 10 9 http://www.yourdictionary.com/bee -block 10 h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / b e e 11 W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 7 12 W a t k i n s , C . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p . 8 Starling Hunter 2011 2