Aquarius 15: Two lovebirds sitting on a fence

T h e w o r d t wo d e sce 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 ot d wo - w h i c h means two.

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Its primary paronyms are

du o , du e t, e nt wi ne , t wi s t, t we l ve, t we n t y, t wi ne , b a lan c e , t wa in , b et we en , b i n a ry, c o m bi ne , dip o l e, di p lo m a , du p l e x , du p li c a te, do u b t , a n d du b i o u s .

T h e w o r d l ov e i s de r i v e d f r o m t h e IE r o o t l e ubh - w h i c h m e a n s t o c a r e , d e s i r e ; l o v e a n d f ro m w h i c h a l s o d e s c e n d s l ib i do ( se x u a l u r g e o r d e s i re ) . 2 T h e n o u n bi rd d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e O l d E n g l i s h b ri d , w h i ch m e a n s y o u n g b i r d. On e In d o - E u r o p e a n r o ot c a r r y i n g t h i s m e a n i n g i s a wi w h i c h m e a n s b i r d a n d f r o m w h i c h a l s o d e s c e n d a vi an , a vi a ti o n , c a via r ,

e gg , o s t ric h , o va l , a n d o va ry . 3 I n f o r m a l l y , t h e w o r d bi rd , a s w e l l a s i t s
s y n o n y m c h i c k , i s a r e f e r e n c e t o a y ou n g w o m a n . 4 T h e w o r d s i t t i ng i s d e s c e n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t s ed- 1 w hi ch m e a n s t o s i t . 5 A m o n g i t s p a ro n y m s a r e t he w o rd s s a n ce , s e di me nt , se s s io n , s e we r ( a m e di e v a l se r v a n t w h o s u p e r v i s e d t h e s e r v i n g o f me a ls ) , a s se s s , a ss i ze ,

di s s i de nt , a s s i du o us , re si de , s u b si dy , s u p e rs e de , ca t h e dra l , si t , s ea t, s a ddl e , ni c k , n i c he , c o s s e t , se da t e , a n d s e e ( t h e o f f i c i a l se a t , c e n t e r o f
a u t h o r i t y, j u r i s d i c t i o n , o r o f f i c e o f a b i s h o p ) . T h e w o r d f e nc e d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E ro o t g whe n- t o st r i k e , k i l l. 6 I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l u d e a u t o b a hn , b an e, bezo a r , b on ze , de f e nd , de f e n se , f e n ce ,

f e n d , go n fa l o n , gu n, o f f e n d, a n d o f f e n se .

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Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage http://onelook.com/?w=bird&ls=a Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Starling Hunter 2011

Dictionary of Indo European Roots, pp. 2 1-2 Dictionary of Indo European Roots, pp. 49 Dictionary of Indo European Roots, pp. 6 Dic tionary of Indo European Roots, p. 73 Dictionary of Indo European Roots, pp. 35 1

TH EMES : REL I GION A ND S P I RIT UAL IT Y a r e t h e m e s h e re . F o r e x a m p l e , a m o n g t he p a r on y m s o f si t t i ng a r e c a t he dra l ( t he p r i n ci p a l c h u r c h o f a b i s h o p ' s d i o c e se ; a l a r g e , i mp o r t a n t c hu r c h ) , se e ( t he o f f i c i a l se a t , ce n t e r o f a u t h o r i t y, j u r i s d i c t i o n , o r o f f i c e o f a b i s h op ) ,

s a n ce ( a m e e t i n g o f p e op l e t o
r e c e i v e s p i ri t u a li s t i c m e s sa g e s) . P a r o n y m s o f f e nc e i n c l u d e b on ze ( a B u d d h i s t m o n k ) a n d go n f a l o n ( a b a n n e r s u sp e n d e d f r o m a c r o s s p i e c e , e sp e ci a l l y a s a st a n d a r d a n e c c le s i a s t i c a l p r o c e s s i on ) . T a k e n t o g e t h e r t he f i r s t t h r e e k e y w o r d s a n d t h e i r p a r on y m s s u g g e s t a y o u n g , l i b i d i n o us co u p l e b o t h i n lo ve ( du e t , du o , l o ve , lib i do , b i rd ) a n d p e r h a p s a t t e mp t i n g c o n c e p t i on ( e gg , o va ry ) . in

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