Welcome to the English Language !
Part 1

Words, are 'swords'. Move the 's' from the end of 'words' and you get 'sword'. This is why we say words can 'cut you'.

We go to school and we learn how to spell. Yet a spell is a curse, and 'to curse' means 'to swear', and we 'swear' an oath. We learn to write, which is spoken as 'rite', and a 'rite' is a ritual.
Why do the words 'proceed' and 'precede' sound almost the same, yet have opposite meanings?

Confucius said, - "Signs and symbols rule the world, not words or laws"

Yet the Greek for 'word' is 'logos', and from that we get 'logo', and a logo is a symbol or sign.
So words themselves are signs and symbols, yet no-one sees it.
A capital 'M' looks like a mountain; 'V' looks like a valley; 'C' is a crescent, and 'D', on its side, looks like a dome. A 'B' looks like women's breasts, and even a 'T' has a top on it.
Are these not symbols?

If I asked you what's the most important word in English, what would you say? Look at what's hidden inside the word 'know'.
So is it 'No', or 'Know' that's the most important word?

Light, in Greek, is 'Gamma', and from that we get 'grammar'.

The English language can be traced right back to the Phoenician people, but it was originally mostly spoken, and not written. Is that why we have a 'phone'? Young kids are taught 'phonics' and the 'phonetic alphabet'.
Someone who didn't understand something all those years ago would have been called 'deaf'.
A 'deaf Phoenician' = 'definition'. If 'diction' means to speak, and definition means 'meaning', then why do we use a dictionary and not a 'definitionary'?

The word 'person' = 'per son', (as in one per person)
If you go to court you have a jury. One jury; one court. If you lie, you commit perjury = 'per jury'.

We go to court and stand in front of a judge. Information is passed backwards and forwards between two sides, and the judge makes a decision. Tennis, anyone?
What's the difference? Tennis is played on a court; the ball goes backwards and forwards between the players, and the umpire, (judge), makes the final decision.

Why do we put government leaders into 'power'? We go to the polls (poles) in order to vote (volt), and then put them in 'charge'. (You charge your phone with 'power'
If you buy something using your credit-card, you 'charge' it to your card.
If you're a little stupid, you're 'dim'. We are kept 'in the dark', or we 'shed light' on something.

The word 'language' comes from the Old-French word 'languir', which means 'languish'. In Latin, 'languire' means to 'be listless / weak, or faint'.
Can you C; sea; see what I'm talking about yet?

We are languishing in our language.
We are 'whirled' in our 'world'. Soldiers are 'sold to die'.
We are 'weak' after working for a 'week', so we look forward to the weekend because we are 'weakened'. We earn money, but after we die our ashes are put in an 'urn'.
'Evil' is simply 'live' spelled backwards. The reverse-spelling of 'love' would be 'evol' and would be pronounced the same way that 'evil' is spoken.
The word 'spirit' can be seen in 'inspiration' - where does INspiration come from? It comes from 'withIN', and what's within? Our spirit !

It's interesting that the word 'level' is spelled the same backwards, especially when you consider its meaning.

Words are 'spells'. This is why we spell words correctly,
(or, right) when we write (rite).

When a ship comes into port, it 'berths'. It is then provides a 'manifest', which is a full list of its cargo.
When we are born, we are 'birthed' from our mother's 'canal', after her 'water' breaks.
The verb to 'manifest' means to 'appear' - just like a ship 'appears' in its berth. It's not there one minute, it's there the next. We are given a birth 'certificate' when we 'manifest' into the world. Mother is the 'ship'; we are the 'cargo'.

After that, we're on a 'ship' our whole lives. We have citizenship; friendship; fellowship; partnership; relationship; membership.....the list goes on.....