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T h e w o r d o f fi c e r de s c e n d s f r o m t h e I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t dh e- w h i c h m e a n s t o se t , p ut . 1 T h e A H D E L l i st s o v e r 1 50 p a r o n y m s. A m o n g t h e m a r e a f fa i r ,

a f f e c t i on , a m p li f y , a rt i f a c t , b e ne f i t , b e ne f a c t o r, b o ut i qu e , b o de ga , c o n di me n t , c o n f e t ti , de e m, de fe a t , de f a ce , di f fi c u lt , de f e c t , do , e f fe c t , ef f i c i e n c y , f a a de , fa c e , f a c t , fa c t i on , f a c t o ry , f a c i li t at e , f a c to tu m , f a c u l t y , f ea t, f e at u re , f et i s h, i n f e ct i o n , m a l e f a c t o r, m o di f ic a t i on , p e rf e ct , p rof i t , q u a l i f i ca ti o n , s u f f ic i e n c y , s u rf a c e , t h em e ,
a n d t h e si s. F i n a l l y , t he w o r d p r e pa ri n g d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e I E r o ot p er e -1 w h i c h m e a n s t o p r o d u c e , p r o c u r e . 2 P a r o n ym s i n c l u d e t h e w o rd s p a r e , p a r l a y , p a r r y , p a r a d e , a p p a r e l , e m p e r o r , i mp e r a t i v e , i m p e ri a l, p a r a c h u t e , p r e p a r e , r e p a i r, r a m p a r t , s e p a r a t e , s e v e r a l , se v e r , p a ri t y, t h e s u f f i x p a r a ( a w o m a n w ho h a s g i v e n b i rt h t o a s p e c i fi e d n u m b e r o f c h i l d r e n ) r e p e r t o r y, v i p e r , a n d p a r e n t . T h e w o r d d r i l l d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E ro o t t e re -1 , t o r u b , t u r n . P a r o n y m s i n c l u d e a t re s ia ( t h e a b se n ce o r c l o s u r e o f a n o r m a l b o d y o r i f i c e o r t ub u l a r p a s s a g e ) , a tt o rn e y, a t t ri ti o n , c on t o u r , c o n t ri te , de t o u r ,

di a t ri be , dre dge ( t o c o a t f o o d b y s p r i n k l i n g w i t h a p o w de r , s u c h a s f l o u r
o r s u g a r ) , dri l l , retu r n , t h ras h , t h re a d, t h re s h, t ra u m a , t urn , t rit e , a n d

t ro u t . 3

1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 17 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 66 3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 91

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T h e w o r d ma n i s a ss o c i a t e d w i t h t h re e d i f f e r e n t I E r o ot s. T h e w o r d i t s e l f d e s c e n d s f r om ma n -1 w h i c h m e a n s m a n .
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m a n i ki n , ma n ne q u in , m en s c h, a n d M an u . T h e r o o t n e r-2 m e a n s m a n
a n d i t s b a si c s e n se i s vi g o r o u s , v i t a l , st r o n g . 5 A m o n g i t s p a r o n y m s a r e p hi l a n de r, an dro u s , t he p r e fi x a ndro - , a n d t he s u f f i x - a n dry . T h e G r e e k a ne r w h i c h m e a n s m a n i s a lso r e l a t e d t o t hi s r oo t . F i n a l l y , t h e r o o t w i -ro - a l s o m e a n s m a n . 6 A m o n g i t s d e r i v a t i v e s a r e t h e w o r d s

vi ri l e , vi rt u e , wo rld , a n d vi rt u os o , a n d we re wo l f .
TH EMES : F i r st l y t he r e i s t h e ma t t e r of L A W . T h e w o r d a tt o rn e y , a p a r o n y m o f d ri l l , i s a s y n o n y m f o r la w y e r a n d a n a b b r e v i a t e d f o r m o f t he h y p h e n a t e d c o mp ou n d a t t o rne y - a t - l a w . 7 T h e n t h e r e i s t h e k e y w o r d o ffi c er . A s m e m b e r s o f t h e le g a l p r o fe s s i o n , a t t o r n e y s a re a l s o o ffi c e rs o f t h e c o u r t , a t e rm w h i c h r e f e r s t o any person who has an obligation to promote justice and effective operation of the judicial system, including judges, the attorneys who appear in court, bailiffs, clerks and other personnel.8 F i n a l l y , t he r e i s t he k e y w o r d me n w h i c h d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e ma n -1 . A m o n g i t s p a r o n ym s i s M a n u , t he o n e w h o m H i n d u s r e co g n i z e a s t he p r i m o r d i a l f a t h e r of t h e h u m a n r a c e a n d s o v e r e i g n o f t h e e a r t h w h o f i r st i n s t i t u t e d r e l i g i o us c e r e m o n i e s a n d de v i s e d a co d e o f l a w s . 9 A s e c o n d i n t e g r a t i n g t h e m e co n c e rn s AUT HORIT Y FI GURE S . I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e M an u , we h a v e t h e w o r d s pa re nt a n d e mp e ro r , w h i c h a r e p a r o n y m s o f p re par i ng , t h e k e y w o r d o ffi c er a n d i t s p a r on y m f a c u l t y . A t h i r d t h e m e c o n ce r n s ED UCATIO N . F i r s t , t he r e i s t h e w o r d

p re pa ra t o ry ( r e l a t i n g t o o r e n g a g e d i n s t u d y o r t r a i n i n g t h a t s e r v e s a s
p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a dv a n c e d e d u c a t i o n ) , a p a r on y m o f p r epa ri ng . S e c on d , t h e w o r d q u a l i fi c a ti o n , a p a r o n y m o f o ffi c er , i s a s y n o n ym o f
4 5 6 7 8 9 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 51 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 58 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 101 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/attorney http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1385 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Manu

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p re pa ra t io n . 10 T h i r d , t h e k e y w o r d d r i l l ( a t a s k o r e x e r ci s e f o r t e a c h i n g a
s k i l l o r p r o c e d u r e b y r e p e t i t i o n ) i s a s y n o n y m o f p rep a ra t i o n . F i n a l l y , t h e w o r d f a c u l t y , a p a r o n y m o f of fi c er , t a ke s t e a c h e r a s a s y n o n y m w h i l e t e a c h i s a sy n o n y m o f d ri ll . 11

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