A good wordsmith. About a dozen etymologies of Greek theos and Latin deus(god) have come down to us from the Middle Ages (both words are familiar from English (theology and deity).
It was taken for granted that theos and deus are different pronunciations of the same word (this idea proved to be wrong) nad that the name of the Lord had something to do with His greatness, omnipotence, omniscience, and so forth - a reasonable conjecture on the face of it. Some fruits of medieval scholarship lacked juice even in their prime, as when deus was derived from dans eternam uitam suis (the one) giving eternal life to his own.) Others were astute.
For example, theos was compared with
theo (to move fast),
thermos (warm),
and aithos (fire, flame) among others, and Latin homo(man) was traced to humus(earth).
The sky is high and blue
You are still green and all of us too
You will not know how far can you go
So learn to fly from now
Spread your wings and let the gentle breeze train
and later the warm wind gust you up to heaven
above the cloud of rain towards the sun
Fly eaglet fly, you are destined for good
Why be good when you can be great!
You are a magnificent being,
let your light shine through
and touch others lives .
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