Veda And Voyeur

‘Veda’ with ‘voyeur’— what vying image! Siblings of a kind sharing same sireage1, Veda, a blue eyed scion of Sanskrit, Latin videre that from same root is lit, Both meaning but the same: to see and know, But parted soon a solo path to toe; The word ere walked from Sanskrit to Latin, And in course of time English let it in: Wit, vision and video same root do share, Though voyeur, off the kind, is quite a stare! Wit and vision kept close to kindred root, But voyeur turned to be an odd offshoot. _________________________________________________ Sireage1: Not a dictionary word, it is coined from ‘to sire’. Veda in Sanskrit means to know. The four Vedas are books of knowledge. The Latin videre was derived from this. _________________________________________________ -The ways with words | 05.10.09 |