With the understanding of how to deconstruct words down to its base origin meaning, we can now see the difference between knowing what a word may be referring to, and what it truly means.

Let’s use the word reincarnation or “re-in-car-nation” as an example:

Re - do again In - into Carnation - is a combination of two Latin words, the first being carō meaning “flesh”, and nation which comes from the Latin word natio meaning “to birth” or “people”.

Therefore Re-In-Car-Nation means to “redo into flesh birth”.

Although the referred meaning and true meaning are very similar, this is not always the case with many other words.

Never assume you know what a word means, either break it down to its true meaning or challenge the person using it against you on its true meaning.