Cancer 10: A large diamond not completely cut

T h e w o r d l a rg e d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e L a t i n l a r g u s me a n i n g g e n e r o u s . 1 O n e o f i t s d e fi n i t i o n s i s o f g r e a t e r t h a n a v e r a g e s c op e , b re a d t h , o r ca p a c i t y ; comprehensive.2 T h e w o r d d i a mon d d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t d eme- w h i c h m e a n s t o c o n st r a i n , f o r c e , e s p e c i a l l y t o b r e a k i n ( h o r se s) . 3 O t h e r d e r i v a t i v e s o f t h i s r o o t i n c l u d e da u n t in g ,

i n do m i ta b l e, ta m e, a n d a da m an t .
T h e b a se o f co mpl et e d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e r o o t p e le -1 w h i c h m e a n s t o f i l l . 4 M o s t o f i t s d e r i v a t i v e s re f e r t o a b u n d a n ce a n d m u l t i t u d e , e . g.

f u l l , p le n t y, rep l e ni s h , f o l k, p l u ral , p lu s , s u rp l us , h oi po ll o i , t h e p r e f i x p o l y - , a c c o m p li s h , c o m p l e te , c o m p l y, de p l e te , e x p le t i ve , p l e be , p l et h o ra, s u p p l y, i mp l e m en t, a n d re p le t e.

F i n a l l y , t he w o r d c ut d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e r o o t ( s)k eu - , t o c o v e r , c o n c e a l a n d f r o m w h i c h a l s o d e s ce n d s ki m , ob s c u re, c u ti c l e, re c o i l,

h o s e , c u s t o dy, hi de, h u t, a n d h u ddl e . 5

TH EMES : T he f i r s t t h e m e c on c e r n s ABU NDANCE . T h e w o rd l a rg e , w h i c h c a n m e a n o f g r e a t e r t h a n a v e r a g e s i ze , e x t e n t , q u a n t i t y , o r a m o u n t , i s a s y n o n y m o f a b un dan t w h i c h i n t u r n i s t h e m e a n i n g o f t h e r o o t p e l e- 1 . R e c a l l t ha t b o t h p le n t i f u l a n d co mp let e d e s c e n d f r o m t hi s r o o t . A n o t h e r t he m e c on c e r n s O B E D IE N C E o r D O M E S T I C A T I O N . R e ca l l t ha t t h e p a r o n y m s o f di a mo nd i n c l u d e t he w o r d t a m e . O n e o f t h e p a r o n y m s o f co mpl et e i s c o mp l ia n t . T h e w o r d s tam e a n d c o mp l i an t a r e s y n o n y m s. 6

1 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/large 2 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/large 3 Watkins, c. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo -European Roots, p. 16 4 Watkins, c. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, p. 64 5 Watkins, c. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo -European Roots, pp. 78-9 6 http://thesaurus.com/browse/tame Starling Hunter 2011 1

A s e c o n d t he m e c on c e r n s t h e d i c h ot om y b e t w e e n TA KI NG O UT vs . P UTT ING I N . Re c a ll t h a t on e o f t h e p a r o n y m s o f c u t i s s ki m w h i c h a s a v e r b m e a n s t o r e m o v e f l o a t i n g m a t t e r f r o m ( a li q ui d ) a n d t o t a k e a w a y t h e c h oi c e st o r m o s t r e a d i l y a t t a i n a b l e co n t e n t s or p a r t s f r o m. 7 T h e w o r d s f u l l a n d f i l l a r e p a r o n y m of c o m p l e t e . A s a v e r b , t he l a t t e r m e a n s t o p u t i n t o ( a c on t a i n e r, f o r e x a m p l e ) a s m u c h a s c a n b e he l d a n d t o s u p p l y o r p r o v i d e t o t he f u l l e st e x t e n t . 8 A l l t h r e e o f t h e s e w o r d s a r e u s e d i n t he E n g l i s h - l a n g u a g e m a r k e t i n g a n d a d v e r t i s i n g o f m i l k p r o d u c t s , e . g. f u l l cr e a m a n d s ki m m i lk .

7 8

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/skim http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dicti onary/entry/fill Starling Hunter 2011 2