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8/3/2019 Scorpio 17: A woman the father of her own child
E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t ghwibh- which means
b o t h “s h am e” and “pu d end a . ” 1 Two other
words are derived from this root —wife
a nd h ussy ( a f e m a l e a d u l t e r e r ) . Th e n t h e r e
is the IE root gwen- m eans “w o m an” 2 and
which gives r ise to the pref ix gyne- a nd
related words such as such as gynecology ,
q ueen , a nd zenana , “ the part of a house in
Asian countr ies reserved for the women of
t h e h o u s eh o l d . ”
The word father descends from the IE root peter- which means
“ f at h er . ” Paronyms include padre, pater , pate rnal , patrician, patri mony,
patron, pere, expatriate, goombah, perpetrate, patriot , al lopatric ,
eupatrid, patriarch, a nd sympatric .3
The word own descends from the IE root aik-1 which means “to be
m as t er o f , po s s es s . ” 4 I ts paronyms include the words ought , owner ,
fraught , freight , a nd t h e I nd i a n E l e p h a nt G o d Gan esh which mean s “he
rules over .”
The word chi ld d e s c e nd s f r o m t h e O l d E ng l i s h c i l d meaning “chi ld ,
infant” and more remotely from the Gothic ki lpei m eani ng “w o m b ” and
t h e D a ni s h kuld meaning “chi ldren of the same marriage.” 5
THEMES: First ly there is the TRI-UNITY t h a t f o r m s t h e ba s i s o f
reproduction —a woman , a father , a nd t h e i r chi ld . But gender and the
1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 322 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 34
3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 67
4 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 1
5 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=child
8/3/2019 Scorpio 17: A woman the father of her own child