Easter Genealogy

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(this is a continuation - interactive etymology ... 
 below - links to Pandora's Word Box and more word roots)


                         Happy Easter

                     East             Passover
                     Estrus           Lupercalia
                     Spring           Saturnalia
                     Revival          Ramadan
                     Egg              Carnival
                     Fasting          Mardi Gras


The meaning of Easter is found in several word clusters:	

Easter Egg- yoke - are symbols of life
and
zygote matrimony gem and gemini


Levant - associated with sunrise
and
lift and light


Easter - East - Estrus - Estrogen - Rebirth - Spring
and                                                       
Paskha or Pascua or Paschal ...
Passover was marked by the blood of a
Paschal lamb 
Ramadan - Annual fast practiced by Mohammedans
Moses Jesus and Elijah fasted for 40 days


Fasting - Implies firm or fast as well as
a resting or inactive bowel or jejunum

      
Lent - from lento 
       longer days  more sunshine 
       A period of fasting before Easter
       sp  Cuaresma = 40 days of fasting or Lent
       ukr Pist     = fasting
       sp  ayuno    = same
          yeyuno    = jejunum or bowel
        desayuno    = breakfast
      

Shrove         - formerly it denoted fasting
Shrove Tuesday - or
Mardi Gras     - last feast day of
Carnival       - when King Felix and King Momus
                 stand for Happiness and Mocking.
Saturnalia     - Roman Carnival
Lupercalia     - Romans chose February 15th for this fertility feast
                 now Saint Valentine's Day
February       - the name denotes a season for purification rites.