SC Broodwar Etymology Chapter II Protoss

the dictionary states Proto- "First, anterior, original, primitive, relating to a pre-cursor"
pro: prefix meaning "before, forward, in favor of, in place of" .
Origin: from Latin and Greek alike pro. Other relative words in Greek include paros, "before" , in Sanskrit pra- "before, foward, forth" and para "beyond" and in an ancient pre-European language por- means "foward, trough"

Toss: "to trow lightly or casually" .
Also "to produce something rapidly without though or effort" .
Protos: from Greek πρτος "pi-rho-ώ-tau-omicron-sigma" meaning "first" "before"

"A fanatical and uncompromising follower of a religion or policy".
"A member of an ancient Jewish sect aiming at a world jewish theocracy and resisting the Romans unitl 70 A.D."
Origin: from Old English zele , Latin zēlus Greek zelotes "zêlos"

Zeal: great energy or enthusiasm for a cause or an objective

"A general term to indicate any member of British cavalry regements, who was a mounted infantry man armed with a carabine (musket)". Dragoon is also a variety of a bird.
Origin:From French dragon, applied first to a pistol hammer (so named because of its shape), then to the firearm, then to the troops so armed.

Symbolism: Dragoons resemble, in aspect and how they move, spiders. Spiders can be a strong guide to show you the right path when the choices seem overwhelming or limitless.
The Jungian (psycology) interpretation of the spider, motionless in the centre of its web and repellant to most people, is that it is "a symbol of anguish and associated with narcissism" .

Animated spider walking:

Animated spider moving around:

Small clip on sipder webs:

"A projecting device on an aircraft for in-flight refuelling or on a spacecraft for docking with another craft."

"a blunt-ended surgical intrument for exploring a wound or part of the body" .

space probe: an unmanned exploratory spacecraft

origin: from Latin probāre "to test" , from late Latin proba "proof" .

A derivative from Reave

To reave: "to carry out raids, to plunder, to robe something by force, to pillage" .

Origin: from Old english rēafian , reven, from German origin rauben, Dutch roven.
From a hypotetical indo-European language reup, "to snatch" .

Reavers resemble largely earth-worms from the way they move and their physical characteristics.

A short clip of a worm "moving" :

Another clip this time an animation:
http://vimeo.com/49763241

More about worms:
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Note: reavers are also a team of villains(1988) in Marvel comics and a character in the manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind(1986)
a worm is also informally known as "a week, lowlife individual" .
Scarab:

"A large dung beatle" .
origin: from Latin scarabaeus "a type of beetle" , from Greek karabos.

symbology: In Ancient Egypt, During and following the New Kingdom, scarab amulets were often placed over the heart of the mummified deceased. These "heart scarabs" (such as the one pictured above) were meant to be weighed against the feather of truth during the final judgement. The amulets were often inscribed with a spell from the Book of the Dead which entreated the hearth to, "do not stand as a witness against me."

A form of transport that travels regularly between two places.

Origin: from Old English scytel "dart, missile" , middle English shotil. Of German origin related to shoot.

"A member of the templar Knights, a powerful religious and military order".
"A member of a religious military masonic order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem around 1118, and suppressed in 1312".

Origin:from middle English Templer, from latin Templārius , comes from the word Temple.

High (templar): "great in rank or status, morally or culturally superior".

Dark (templar): religious definition: "most remote, inaccesible, or uncivilized"
Symbolism:
temple:The temple is most often a place of worship; it is also a microcosm, the earthly counterpart of HEAVEN. On EARTH, divinity is considered to dwell within the temple walls, as they structurally represent the religious relationship between men and the deities they worship. "The DARKNESS inside the temple signifies man's need of LIGHT from outside himself, and that the temple is lit by the divinity"

"one of the nine chief magistrates in ancient Athens".



Origin: from Greek arkhōn , sometimes written Arkontos is the present form of the verb archein , which means "to command, to preside".
note:Archon has had many uses in the past all relevant here:

Archon: the light and the dark is a video game from 1983


A creature in D&D:
Celestial Archons are wholly good and lawful and are consistently at odds with fiends(Fiend mean a demon, an evil spirit) of any kind, though they particularly despise demons.
Elemental archons often wander the lands to preach to the common folk and attempt to direct them to worship of the god representing their own element. They are known to be incredibly arrogant and self-centered.
in Order:
Top left) picture of an Elemental Archon
Top right)i wanted this picture here but i am not sure it is from after broodwar was created.
Bottom left)miniature of a Celestial trumpet Archon



In the Agnostic culture, Archons are God-like creature born by mistake and errors, and because of that they think they are the creators of all thats living. They concieve the world as a prison, and futhur believe to be meant to dominate material affairs.

Observe: "to notice, to perceive, to watch carefully".

To detect in the course of a scientific study.

Observation: the ability to notice significant details.

Origin: from Old French observer, from Latin Observare "to watch" .

"a fast ship used for piracy".
"A pirate, especially one operating in the mediterranean sea".
Military: "a gull winged, propeller-driven fighter plane built for the U.S. navy in world war II".

Origin: from French corsaire, from Latin cursarius , which comes from cursus, "a raid, plunder. Also cursus " a course", and still from Latin currere "to run".
Note: the corsair and the shuttle made me think of this ship called "defender", part of the 1998 game "escape velocity"

"a ship or aircraft employed for reconaissance".

Origin: from Old French escouter, from Latin auscultare, "to listen"

Aircraft carrier: "A large warship equipped to serve as a base for aircraft" .

Origin: 1915-1920 from English.
A Russian aircraft carrier Kiev(1985)
Interceptor: "A fast aircraft designed to spot or repel hostile aircraft" .

Intercept: "Obstruct or prevent from continuing to destination".

Origin: from Latin intercept, intercipere "to catch in-between" .

"A person who has influence over something, a person who settles a dispute".

Origin: from Latin arbiter"Judge, supreme ruler" .

Note: Arbitro in Italian means referee of a football (soccer for U.S.) or any sports match.

" a connection" " a connected group or series" .
"the central and most important point" .
origin: From Latin "a binding together" , from nex-nectere , "bind" .

Note: Dictionary states that plural is nexuses or simply nexus .

Symbolism: The nexuses central structure appears very similar to Egyptian pyramids, or Mayan temples with the classic staircase going up toward the top. The staircase was built in a manner such that ones back would never face the top of the temple walking up and down. These civilizations where also avid students of astronomy;

The four columns pointing upwards, together with the pyramidal/temple structure sugjest there connection to the skyes and the universe, as well as primitive tribal aspects.

"a monumental gateway to an ancient Egyptian temple, formed by 2 truncated pyramidal towers".
electricity pylon: "a tall-like tower structure for carrying electricity cables" .
 Entrance pylon, front view, Temple of Khonsu circa 1,198-1,176 B.C
Simbolism:In symbology, The pillar is the bridge between heaven and earth, the vertical axis which both unites and divides these two realms. It is closely connected to the symbolism of the three; it also represents stability, and a broken pillar represents death and mortality.
Pylons recall the minerals of the game in itself. According to the starcraft manual they are carved from the sacred Kaydarin found only on Aiur.
Note:

" to absorb and integrate (ideas, people, cultures)" , "to take in and fully understand" .
origin: from Latin ad- "to" + similis "like" , assimilare , "absorb, incorporate" .

"an opening that can be closed by a gate" .
Gate: "an exit from an airport building to an aircraft" .
Symbolism: The gate is an entryway into an unknown place, or a place of great significance; it is a threshold, and may connect the living and the dead. They are normally guarded by symbolic animals: the lion, dragon, bull and dog are often depicted in conjunction with the gate. In many cultures, passing through a gateway signifies a right of passage.
The gate is clearly phallic, and represents feminine passage with the vulva. A gate with two pillars - androgyne. It can be the function of a door between life and death - gates of Heaven. Justice, mercy, praise and righteousness are also related symbols.

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The androgyne represents the mystery of creation, the origin of life in the universe which began the cosmologic cycle. If Adam was created in God's image, thus inherently bisexual, the introduction of the female symbolizes the beginning of the fall from a state of perfection into duality. According to Plato, marriage is an attempt to restore the androgynous unity that was eternally lost with Adam and the creation of Eve. Androgyny is also the beginning and the end, as is Alpha and Omega; it is about nature, both dualism and wholeness, the reunion of the original male-female essences. Loss of the sense of separateness in personality. Often a masculine attribute on a woman's body is represenatative of solid and profound judgment. Can be related to witchcraft when the clothes of the opposite sex are worn in a dancing ceremony.

In fact, the gateway resembles the Alpha letter in Greek. And the warp gate, used in the starcraft campaign, resembles the Omega letter.

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Alpha is the beginning, from which all things proceed. Together, they are the first and the last letters in the Greek alphabet, and thus represent the totality, the beginning and the end; they symbolize the entire range of sounds, also infinity. These letters, as paralleled in the Hebrew language, have a numerical value as well. They are sometimes portrayed by the eagle and the owl, day and night, and as they are the cycle of time for everything that exists, they are said to contain the key to the universe. The shape of Alpha is related to a pair of compasses -- an attribute of god the creator, while Omega's shape is similar to a torch -- the fire of apolcalyptic destruction. Often appear as a bird and a fish respectively, or the upper and lower Abyss.

"the science of comunications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things"
origin: from Greek kubernetes , "steersman" .
core: "the central or most important part (of a fruit for example) " a cilindrical sample of rock, ice, or other material obtained by boring with a hollow drill" .
origin: Origin is uncertain. It has been suggested that it comes from Latin cor "heart" , but the original meaning "central part of a fruit" does not comply with that. Others have proposed French corps "body" or cor "horn" as the origin. The primary sense of core was formally expressed with colk , which remains in dialect and refers to "core of an apple" , "heart of wood" . Its origin is also uncertain but it may be the same word as coke "solid remaining part after reduction of the main substance" .

Robotics: "the brance technology concerned with the contruction, operation, applycation and design of robots" .
robot:
origin: from Check robota , "forced labour"

Facility: "something designed or installed to serve a specific function giving a service".
MIlitary definition: "A building offering supporting capability" .
Origin: From French facilite' , from Latin facilitatem , from facilis meaning "easy" .

Robotics: see robotics facility.
support: "to bear all or part of the weight of something" .
"a thing that supports" .
origin: from Old French supporter , from Latin supportare from sub- "from below" + portare "to carry" .

Note: While in English this term can be used in a positive manner, in French and Italian it has a negative connotation (as in I am supporting this bullshit)(which would be I am putting up with this bullshit)
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"a room or building housing an astronomical telescope or other scientific equipment for the study of natural phenomena" .
origin: from Latin observare "to watch" .

" a fortress protecting or dominating a city" "a meeting hall of the salvation army"
note: They where made also to assure the loyalty of the city they where defending. A sort of city in the city where the powerful could exercise control.

Adun: from Starcraft lore: Adun was a mighty Protoss high templar. For more info about Adun go here .

Templar:see unit (templar)
Temple: "a building devoted to the worship of a god or gods" .
origin:see templar origin. from Latin Templar "an open or consacrated place" .

Archive-s: " a collection of historical documents or records"
or "to store away" .
origin: from French archives (plural) , from Latin Archiva , archia , from Greek arkheia "public records"

"to move foward gradually or steadily"
"to make or shape a metal object by heating it and hammering it" .

Origin: "a smithy," from O.Fr. forge "forge, smithy," earlier faverge, from Latin fabrica "workshop" , from faber "workman in hard materials, smith" . Related to fabric .
note:The right part of the forge consist of an oven shaped like building, used as a fornace.

photon:"a particle representing a quantum of light or other electromagnetic radation"
origin: from Greek phos , phot- , "light" , related to electron .
cannon: " a large, heavy piece of artillery formerly used in warfare"
Engineering definition: "a heavy cilinder or hollow drum rotating independently on a shaft" .

origin: from Italian cannone "a larga, big tube" , from canna "cane" .

Shield: "a thing providing protection"
origin: from Old English scild (noun) and scildan (verb) , of Germanic origin meaning "divide, separate" .
note: for description of shield for General Protoss look at bottom of the chapter.

Battery: "a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power"
"a fortefied emplacement for heavy guns" , " an artillary sub-unit of guns, men and vehicles".
origin: from Old French Baterie , from battre "to strike" , from Latin "battuere" . First used in reference to apparatus for discharge of electricity. Related words battery (assault and battery) and battering ram.

Star: " a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body, like the sun" .
origin: From Old English steorra , from German sterran. Similar Old Norwegian stjarna , Irish ster, Ghotic stairno, Latin stella, Greek aster.

Gate: see gateway

Arbiter:
"A person who has influence over somthing, a person who settles a dispute".

Origin: from Latin "Judge, supreme ruler" .
Tribunal: "a court of justice" .
British definition: " a body established to settle certain types of dispute"
origin: from Latin tribunal "the raised platform provided for magistrate' s seats"

Fleet:" a group of ships sailing together"
"a number of aircrafts operating together"
origin:from Old English fleot , from fleotan "to float" , of Germanic origin.
note: Also means "fast and nimble" .

Beacon: "a fire lit on top of a hill as a signal" , "a light serving as a signal for an aircraft" .
origin: from Old English beacn "a sign, a portent, an ensign" of German origin.

Hallucinate: "to experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present" .

origin: from Latin hallucinat- , hallucinari "to go astray in thought" , from Greek alussein "to be uneasy or distraught" .

Psionic: relating to or denoting to the practical use of psychic powers.

origin:(1950) from psi , on the patter of electronic. For more info see Pylon.

Storm: " a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder or lightning"
"a direct assault by troops, moving angrily or forcefully in a specific direction or to suddenly attack and capture a location"
Thunder:
Thunder is typically perceived as an expression of the sentiments of God or the gods; it is considered a vehicle for conveying divine wrath. While thunder is a voice, a lightning bolt is a weapon.
Lightning:
The bolt of lightning is a traditional symbol of sudden illumination and the destruction of ignorance; it also represents a punishment of humans by the gods from the skies, most commonly attributed to Zeus, king of the gods. In dreams, the lightning bolt is an image of sudden and terrible events and a symbol of intuition. Although it can carry negative connotation, lightning is also a form of divine message, honoring those chosen. Its shape allows phallic relations, and Jung sees lightning as liberating the soul.

Formal or technical definition: "a period or state of inactivity or equilibrium" "
medical definition: "a stoppage of flow of a body fluid" .
a stasis prison
Physiology definition: "slowing down, stopping (for example blood) "
origin: from Greek "standing, stoppage" , root of the word sta- , hiSTAnai "to stand" .
field:field

verb: "to officially order someone to return(or to have something returned)" .
"to remember" , "to bring back a memory of someone or something"

origin: from re+call. Dictionary suggests from Latin re+vocare
re "to revoke" . evocare means "to summon(especially a god or mystical figure)"
or French rappeler "to recall or to literally recall someone on the telephone "

disruption: "to diturb or interrupt" , "to drastically alter or detroy the structure of" .

origin: from Latin disrumpere "to break apart" .
Web:

"a complex system of interconnected elements" "a network of fine threads constructed by a spider"
reletad words webbing "to cover with a web".
origin:from Old English web(b) , of Germanic origin "woven fabric" related to weave

Singularity:
Math: "a point at which a function takes infinite value, especially a point of infinite density at the center of a black hole"
Charge: "to load or fill a charge or weapon to its full extent"
"to store electrical energy in (a battery)" .

Enhancement: "to improve the quality, value or extent of"

origin:from Anglo-Norman French enhauncer from Latin in- "expressing intensive force" + altus "high"

"the protective layer or shell of some animals or plants, the metal coverings formerly worn by soldiers or vehicles or ships to protect during battle"
origin:from Old French armure, from Latin armatura , also relative armare "to arm"
Armor is, symbolically and literally, a mode of protection. In Christian myth, it is a symbol of protection from evil. It Can also be a symbol of the glorious aspects of war: chivalry, knighthood and protection, as well as the more sinister aspects: fanaticism and brute force.

" To prevent or reduce the escape of radiation from"
" A broad piece of armour hed by straps or a handle on the side, used for protection against blows or missiles"
origin:from Old English scild verb scildan, the root of the word is from Germanic meaning "to divide, to separate"

" a gas of positive ions and free electrons with little or no overall electrical charge" , "A bright green variety of Quarz" .
origin:from Latin plasma , from plassein "to shape"

Old English version of the word Phoenix. In greek phoinix.
The ancient Egyptians referred to it as "Bennu" or "benu" .
"Bennu"
Phoenix:In mythology its a legendary Arabian bird that set fire to itself every 5 or 6 centuries and rose from the ashes with renewed youth.

Also a uniquely remarkable person or thing.
rapresentation of the Phoenix
Simbolism: The phoenix symbolizes immortality, resurrection, and life after death in a continuous process (like the rising of the sun). This transformation isn't so much a transformation into something new or different, but instead back to the original purpose/energy and starting over (again).

Note: In greek Phoenician means purple.