Pevensie & pensieve

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan" <dumbledad at y...>
wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> The Harry Potter Lexicon has lots of sensible things to say about 
the word "pensieve".
> 
> http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/devices/devices_n-r.html#Pensieve
> 
> <<< The name "Pensieve" is a play on words. In the first place, 
"Pensieve" is a homonym for the English word pensive. In the second 
place, the word "Pensieve" is formed from the Latin pens +
 English sieve. >>>
> 
> I'm a bit confused by the Latin "pens" ("to weigh" or "to ponder"?)
 but let's not dwell on that.
> 

Pippin:
I'm amazed that the lexicon entry doesn't mention the French pensee
(sorry, I don't know how to make the accent mark). It means
"thought". 

Pippin