Cancer 09: A tiny nude miss reaching in the water for a fish

The word tiny is a synonym of small and is an alteration of the Middle English tine, itself of unknown origin.1 T h e w o r d n u d e i s a d e r i v a t i v e o f t he I n d o E u r o p e a n ( IE ) r o o t n o g w - w h i c h m e a n s n a k e d . I t s p a r on y m s i n c l ud e n a k e d , g y mn a s iu m , g y mn a st , n a a n ( a f l a t l e a ve n e d b r e a d o f n o r t h w e s t I n d i a ) , and the prefix nudi-.2 T h e w o r d m i s s i n t h i s c a se i s s h o r t f or m i s t r e s s, t h e f e m i n i n e f o r m o f m a s t e r. 3 T h a t w o r d d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e r o o t m eg - w h i c h m e a n s g r e a t . 4 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 m i c k l e , m u c h, ma g n a t e , ma g n it u de , m a g n u m , ma g n i f y, m a j o r , ma j o r it y , ma y o r , ma j e st y , ma e st r o , ma g i s t r a t e , m i s t e r , m a x im , ma xi m u m, o me g a , t h e S a n s k r i t p r e f i x ma ha - , a n d t he E n g l i s h p r e f i xe s me g a - a n d me g a l o - . T h e w o r d r e a c h i n g i s t he p r e s e n t p a r t i c i p le o f t he v e r b t o r e a c h. T h a t w o r d d e s c e n ds f r o m t h e r o o t r e i g - 2 , t o r e a c h, s t re t c h o u t . 5 I t s p a r o n y m s a r e r i g i d a n d r i go r . T h e w o r d w a t e r d e s c e n d s f r o m w ed - 1 w h i c h m e a n s w a t e r , w e t . 6 O t h e r w o r d s d e s c e n d i n g f r o m t h i s r o o t i n c l u d e w e t , w a sh , w in t e r , h y d r a n t , h y dr o u s , w h i s k e y , v o d k a , o t t e r , n u t r i a , a n d h y dr o p sy ( e d e m a ; a n a b n o r m a l a c c u m u la t i o n o f f l u i d b e n e a t h t h e s k i n o r i n on e o r m o r e c a v i t i e s o f t he b o dy ) .

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F i n a l l y , t he w o r d f i sh i s a d e r i v a t i v e of t h e r o o t p ei sk - wh i c h m e a n s f i s h. 7 O t h e r d e r i va t i v e s i n c l u d e t h e c o n s t e l la t i o n Pi s c es a n d p o rp o i se . TH EMES : A m o n g t h e p a r on y m s o f f i sh a n d w at er a re s e v e r a l AQ UAT IC MAMMALS . T he p a r o n y m s o f t h e la t t e r i n c l u d e ot t e r a n d n u t ri a w h i le t h o s e o f t h e f o r m e r i n c l u d e po rp o is e . A s e c o n d t he m e c on c e r n s REACH . T he w o r d mi ss ha s h om o n y m w h i c h a s a v e rb m e a n s t o f a i l t o h i t , r e a c h , c a t c h , m e e t , o r o t he r w i s e m a k e c o n t a ct w i t h. 8 T h i s s e n se o f mi ss i s t he a n t o n y m o f t he ve r b re a c h w hi c h c a n m e a n t o st r e t c h o u t o r p ut f o r t h ( a b o d y p a r t ) ; t o t o u c h o r g r a s p b y s t r e t c h i n g o u t o r e x t e n d i n g ; a n d t o s uc c e e d i n g e t t i n g i n c o n t a ct w i t h o r communicating with.9 A t h i r d t h e m e c o n ce r n s NAKEDNE SS , a l b e i t i n a r a t he r u n e x p e ct e d c o n t e x t . T h e s e c on d s e n s e o f mi ss d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E ro o t me i -1 , t o c h a n g e , g o , m o v e . 10 O n e o f i t s p a r o n y ms i s a m oe ba

Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane.11

I n t e r e st i n g l y , s e v e r a l d e f i n i t i on s o f a m o e b a i n c l u d e t h e w o r d n a ke d , a p a r o n y m o f t he k e yw o r d n u de . T h r e e e x a m p l e s i n c l u d e a n a ke d r h i z o p o d o r o t h e r a m oe b o i d p r o t o z o a n ; a n a ke d f r e s h - w a t e r o r m a r i n e o r p a r a si t i c p r o t o z o a a n d a l a r g e g e n u s o f n a ke d r h i z o p o d p r o t o z o a n s . 12 H e r e n a ke d i s i n t e n d e d i n t he w o r d i t s z o o l o g i c a l se n s e , i . e . ha v i n g n o c o v e r i n g o f h a i r , f e a t h e r s, s h e l l, e t c. 13

7 Watkins, c. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo -European Roots, p. 133 8 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/miss 9 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/reach 10 W a t k i n s , c . ( 2 0 0 0 ) , T h e A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e D i c t i o n a r y o f I n d o - E u r o p e a n R o o t s , p p . 5 2 11 http://education.yahoo.com/referen ce/dictionary/entry/amoeba 12 h t t p : / / w w w . m a c m i l l a n d i c t i o n a r y . c o m / d i c t i o n a r y / a m e r i c a n / a m o e b a ; http://www.wordnik.com/words/amoeba ; http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=amoeba&ia=mwmed 13 h t t p : / / d i c t i o n a r y . r e f e r e n c e . c o m / b r o w s e / n a k e d ? r = 6 6 Starling Hunter 2011 2