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'Nature' & 'Key' (below hyperlinked to Nature's Key's website)—there might be something more to that word ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which the our lexicon stands ...
The word “Nature” is built on ancient words that mean “to give Birth, Beget.”
The word “Key” is built on ancient words that mean “Metal |Piece that Works a Lock, Solution, Explanation, one who- or that which-Opens the Way” or " Lance, Spear (a |Tool with which to |Cleave or |Split, |Wedge, Come |Forth, |Germinating |Seed)" or "a Pin with a Twisted (or |Crooked, |Bent) |End" ...
or "that which Holds Together other Parts (Keystone, Keynote Speaker)" or "a Tone, |Note, Sum of the Melodic & Harmonic Relationships in the tones of a |Scale, Centering on a given tone (usually the Lowest tone of a scale), Clef, |Mechansm on a Musical |Instrument Operated by the Player's |Fingers."
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