Cancer 14: A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast

T h e w o r d v e r y d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I n d o E u r o p e a n ( IE ) r o o t w e r e - o - w h i c h me a n s t r u e , t r u s t w o r t h y. 1 I t s p a r o n y m s i n c lu d e w a r l o ck , ve r a c i o u s , v e r it y , a ve r , v e r d i c t , ve r i f y , a n d v o ir d i r e . T h e w o r l d o l d d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e IE ro o t a l 3 w h i c h m e a n s t o g r o w , n o u r i s h. 2 I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l u d e a l d e r ma n , t he n a me E l dr e d , a l t o , a b o l i s h , a d o l e s c e n t , a d u l t , a l i m e n t , a l i mo n y , a l ma ma t e r , a l u mn u s , a l t i t u d e , c o a l e s c e , e l d e r , e x a l t , ha u g ht y , p r o l e t a r i a n , a n d p r o l i f i c . T h e w o r d m a n d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E ro o t m a n- 1 w h i c h m e a n s m a n . I t s p a r on y m s i n c l ud e t h e w o r d s ma n ik i n , m a n n e qu in , me n s c h , a n d Ma n u . 3 T h e w o r d f a c i n g i s t h e p r e s e n t p a r t i ci p l e o f t h e ve r b t o f a c e a n d a d e r i v a t i v e o f t h e IE r o o t d h e- . 4 I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l u d e a f fa i r , a f f e ct i o n , a m p l i f y , a r t i fa c t , be n e f i t , b o u t i qu e , b o d e g a , c o n d i me n t , co n f e t t i , d e e m , d e f e a t , d e fa c e , d i f f i c u l t , d e fe c t , d o , e f f e c t , e f f i c i e n c y , fa a d e , f a ct , f a ct i o n , f a c t o r y , f e a t , fe a t u r e , fe t i s h, in f e c t io n , m o d i f i c a t i o n , o f f i ce , p e r fe c t , p r o f i t , q u a l i f i c a t i o n , su f f i ci e n c y , s u r f a c e , t h e m e , a n d t he s i s . T h e w o r d d a r k d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E ro o t d h e r - 1 w h i c h m e a n s t o m a k e m u d d y ; d a r k n e s s. 5 I t s p a r o n y ms i n c l u d e dr e g , d r i ve l , dr a b (a f e m a l e p r o s t i t u t e ) , a t a r a c t i c (o f o r r e l a t i n g t o a d r u g o r o t h e r a g e n t t ha t h a s a t ra n q ui l i z i n g e f f e c t ) , a n d t r a c h e a . T h e w o r d n o r t h d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t n e r - 1 , u n de r , a l s o l e ft . I t s p a r on y m s i n c l ud e N o r d i c , n o r t h e r n , N o r w a y , a n d N o r s e .

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F i n a l l y , t he w o r d ea st d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e I E r o ot a u s - 1 w h i c h m e a n s t o s hi n e . 6 I t s p a r on y m s i n c l u d e A u st r i a , a u r o r a , E o s ( t h e w i n g e d g o d d e s s o f t h e d a wn i n a n c i e n t m y t h ol o g y ) , a n d e o s in (a r e d f l u o r e s c e n t d y e u s e d i n c os m e t i c s a n d a s a b i o l o gi c a l s t a i n f o r st u d y i n g c e l l s t r u c t u r e s ). T H E M E S : R e c a l l t ha t t h e w o r d w a r l o ck i s a p a r o n y m o f v e r y. It r e f e r s t o a m a le w i t c h , so r c e r e r , w i z a r d , o r d e m o n . 7 O n e o f t he p a r o n ym s o f e a st i s E o s , t he w i n ge d g o d d e s s o f t h e d a w n . T h u s , w e h a ve t w o S U P E R N A TU RA L B E I NG S o n e m a l e a n d f e m a l e . A second dichotomy c o n c e r n s D A R K NE S S A N D L I G H T . O b v i o u s l y, t h e former is suggested d i r e c t l y f r o m t h e ke y w o r d d a r k . T w o o f t he p a r o n y m s o f e a st a r e E o s , t he g o d d e s s o f t h e d a wn a n d a u r o r a , a l um i n o u s a t m o s p he r i c p h e n om e n o n a p p e a ri n g a s s t r e a m e r s o r b a n d s o f l i g h t s o m e t i me s v i s i b le i n t he n i g h t s k y i n n o r t h e r n o r so u t h e r n r e g i o n s o f t h e e a r t h . 8 A l s o , re c a l l t ha t b o t h o f t h e w o r d s d e s c e n d f r o m t h e I E r o ot a u s - , i . e . t o s h i n e .

6 Watkins, c. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo -European Roots, p. 6 7 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/warlock 8 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/aurora Starling Hunter 2011 2