I started thinking of the word kite in other languages, and what those words mean. The other thought was about the actual word kite.
STYROFOAM KITE BIRDS SERIES
One was, wouldn’t a series of kites (the kind attached to flying line), representative of the 19 different kite birds, be a lovely display. This immediately led me down two separate paths of thought: There are 19 species of kites worldwide, and in North America there are five species, one being very rare…. One species, the white-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus), can sometimes be seen within five minutes of my home in Long Beach, Calif., hovering alongside freeways over the vegetation hunting small prey such as insects, small rodents and lizards.
They have long wings and weak legs and spend lots of time soaring. Kites are birds of prey belonging to the same large family as eagles and hawks. Paynter, Jr., 1985, Harvard Common Press, Boston.) (The Dictionary of American Bird Names, Revised Edition, E.A. It is thought that the paper kite originally was constructed in China to resemble the kite bird because the paper kite hovers near motionless in air like the kite bird. Also, it refers to the bird’s hovering flight and soaring. This refers to the birds known today as kites swooping on prey. What is the origin of the word “kite?” Apparently it was derived from the Old English word “cyta,” which is probably from the Aryan root “skut” meaning to shoot or go swiftly. The origin of words has always interested me. I doubt many would say a kite is a bird, which is what I want to tell you about in this article. “If I asked 10 people at random the question, “What is a kite?,” I am confident that most would say it is that thing made of paper and sticks that when attached to a string will “fly” on windy days. The article in its entirety is at:īird Inspiration for Invention of Paper Kite posted an article recently about the origin of the word ‘kite’.
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