Aquarius 1: An old adobe mission

T h e w o r d o l d d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e In d o E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o 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. 1 I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l u d e

a l de rm a n , t h e n a me E l dre d , a l t o , ab o li s h , a do l e s c en t , a du l t , a l i m e nt , a l i m on y , al m a m a t e r , a l u m n u s , a lt i t u de , c o a le s c e , e lde r , e x a l t , h a u gh t y , p rol e t a ria n , a n d p ro l i fi c .

T h e w o r d a do be i s a n A m e r i ca n E n g l i sh t e r m w i t h a v e r y l o n g h i s t o r y. T h e c u r r e n t f o r m i s a d o p t e d f r o m t h e S p a n i s h a do be w h i c h i n t u r n i s t he o r a l f o r m o f A r a b i c a l - t o b ( t he b ri c k ) w h i c h i n t u r n d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e C o p t i c t ub e ( b ri c k ) , a w o r d f o u n d i n h i e r o g l y p h i c s. 2 T h e w o r d mi ssi o n d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t mi t t e r e w hi c h m e a n s t o l e t g o , s e n d o f f, t h ro w . 3 P a r o n y m s i n c lu d e m a s s , m e s s, m is s i l e, m e ss a ge,

m i s s i ve, C h ri st m a s, c o m m it , co m p ro mi s e, di s m is s , e m it , in t e rm it , o mi t, p e rm i t, p ro m i se , re m i t, s u b mi t, s u rmi s e , a n d t ra n s mi t .
TH EMES : F i r s t l y , t h e w o r d s a l i m en t a n d m e s s b o t h r e f e r t o F OOD . T he f o r m e r i s a p a r o n ym o f o l d a n d m e a n s s o m e t h i n g t h a t n o u r i s h e s ; f o o d . 4 T h e w o r d m e s s i s a p a r o n y m o f mi ss i on a n d c a n m e a n a n a m o u n t o f f o o d , a s f o r a m e a l, c o u r s e , o r di s h , a s e r v i n g o f s o f t , se m i l i q u i d f o o d , a g r o u p o f p e op l e , u s u a l l y s o l d i e r s or s a i l o r s, w h o r e g ul a r l y e a t me a l s t o g e t h e r a n d fi n a ll y f o o d o r a m e a l s e r v e d t o s u c h a g r o u p . 5 A s e c o n d t he m e c on c e r n s PA YME NT . T h e w o r d a l i mo n y i s a p a r o n y m o f o l d a n d m e a n s a n a l l o w a n c e f o r s u p p o r t m a d e u n d e r c ou r t o r d e r t o a d i v o r c e d p e r s o n b y t h e f o r m e r sp o u s e , u s u a l l y t he c h i e f p r o v i d e r d u r i n g t h e m a r r i a ge . T h e w o r d p r o m i s so r y i s a p a r on y m o f m i s si o n a n d m e a n s c o n t a i n i n g, i n v o l v i n g , o r ha v i n g t he n a t u r e o f a p r o m i s e . A p r o m i s so r y
1 2 3 4 5 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 3 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=adobe Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Root s, p. 56 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/aliment http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/mess Starling Hunter 2011 1

n o t e i s a w r i t t e n pro m i s e t o p a y o r re p a y a sp e ci f i e d s u m o f m o n e y a t a s t a t e d t i m e o r o n de m a n d . 6 A f i n a l t he m e c on ce r n s S CORN o r DI SDAI N . R e ca l l t h a t t h e w o r d

h a u gh t y i s a p a r on y m o f o l d a n d m e a n s d i s d a i n f u l l y p r o u d ; s n o b b i s h ;
s c o r n f u l l y a r r o g a n t ; s u p e r ci l i o u s. 7 T h e w o r d di s m i s s i ve i s a p a r o n y m o f mi ssi on a n d me a n s i n di c a t i n g l a c k o f i n t e r e s t o r a p p r ob a t i o n ; s co r n f u l ; d i s d a i n f u l . 8

6 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/promissory+note 7 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/haughty 8 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dismissive Starling Hunter 2011 2