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T h e w o r d f i r s t d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I nd o E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t p e r - 1 w h ic h i s t h e b a s e o f o v e r 12 0 w o r d s wit h t h e b a s ic m e a n in g o f f o r w ar d , t h r o u g h a s w e l l a s a w id e r a ng e o f e x t e n d e d s e n s e s su c h a s b e f o r e , e ar ly , f ir s t , c h ie f , t o w a r d , a g ain s t , n e a r , at , ar o un d . 1 A m o n g it s p ar o ny m s a r e b ef o r e , f o r t h, f r a m e, f r o m , f u r t he r , pr e m i e r , p ri d e , p r i m a r y , p r i m e, p r i n c e , p r i n c i p l e, pr i n c i p a l , p r i e s t , pr o b e , p r o o f , proud, and proton. T h e v er b d a n c e des c e n d s f r o m t he O l d F r e n c h d a n se r . T h e b a s e o f t h e w o r d i n s t r u c t i o n d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e I E r o o t s t e r - 2 w h ic h m e a n s t o s p r e a d . 2 A m o n g it s p a r o n y m s ar e c o n s t r u c t , d e s t r o y , d i s a s t e r , i n d u s t ry , o b s t r u c t , pr o s t r a t e , s t a r , s t e l l a r , s t r a i n , s t r a t u s , s t r a w , stray, street, strew, and structure. T H E ME S : O n e t hem e h e r e c o n c er n s S T R U C T U RE o r C O N S T R U C T I O N . A s in d ic a t e d p r ev io u s l y , b o t h w o r d s a r e p ar o n y m s o f i n s t r u c t i o n . T he f o r m e r c a n m e a n s o m e t hi n g m a d e u p o f a n u m b e r o f p a r t s t h a t a r e he l d o r p u t t o g e t h e r i n a p a r t i c u l a r w a y , t h e i n t e r r e la t i o n o r a rr a n g e m e n t o f p a r t s i n a c o m p le x e n t i t y , a n d s o m e t h i n g c on s t ru c t e d , a s a b u i l d i n g . 3 O n e o f t h e d e f in it io n s o f t h e l a t t e r is a st ru c t ure , s u c h a s a b u i l d i n g , f r a m e w o r k , o r m o d e l . 4 A l s o r e c a l l t h at o n e t h e p a r o n y m s o f f i r s t is f r a m e . A s a v er b it m e a n s t o
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b u il d b y p u t t in g t o g et h er t h e s t ru c tu r a l p ar t s o f ; c o n s tr u c t . A s a n n o u n it c a n m e a n a s t r u c t u r e t ha t g iv e s s h a p e o r s u p p o r t , a n o pe n s t r u c tu r e o r r im f o r e n c a s in g , h o l d in g , o r bo r de r in g , t h e s t ru c tu r e o f a h u m a n o r a n im a l b o d y ; p h y s iq u e , a n d a g e n er a l s t ru c t u r e o r system.5

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