Gemini 14: A conversation by telepathy

The base of the word conversation is a derivative of the Indo-European ( I E ) r o o t w e r - 3 wh i c h m e a n s t o t ur n , b e n d. 1 I t s p a r o n ym s i n c l u d e t h e s u ff i x w a r d a n d t h e w or d s w o r t h , st a l w a r t , w e i r d, ve r su s , v e r s io n , ve r t e br a e , d i ve r t , e x t r o ve r t , dextrose, p e r ve r t , prose, r e ve r t , su b ve r t , a n d u n i ve r se . The prefix con- descends from the r o o t k o m - w h i c h m e a n s b e si d e , n e a r , b y , a n d w i t h . 2 I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l u d e c u m (t o g e t h e r w i t h, p l u s e . g. ma gn a c u m l a u de ) , c o o n ca n ( a c a r d g a m e ) , c o n t r a r y ( o p p o se d , a s i n c h a r a c t e r o r p u r p o s e ; op p o se d a s i n d i r e c t i o n o r p o s i t i o n ), c o u n t e r ( o n e t h a t i s a n o p p o si t e ; a b o x i n g b l o w g i v e n w h i l e r e c e i v i n g o r p a r r y i n g a n ot h e r ), c e n o bi t e ( a m e m b e r o f a c o n v e n t o r ot h e r r e l i g i o u s c o mm u n i t y ) a n d k o i n e ( a l i n g u a f r a n c a , a r e g i o n a l d i a l e c t o r l a n g u a g e t h a t b e c o me s t he standard language over a wider area). T h e w o r d t el e p a t h y d e s c e n d s f r o m t w o I E r o o t s . T h e p r e f i x t el e - i s a d e r i v a t i v e o f t he IE r o o t k w el - 2 w h i c h m e a n s f a r i n s p a ce a n d t i me . 3 The p r e fi x paleo-, which means ancient, p r e h i s t o ri c and early; p r i m i t i v e , i s t h e on l y p a r on y m . 4 T h e s u f f i x p a t h y d e s ce n d s f r o m t he I E r o o t k w e n t ( h ) - w hi c h m e a n s t o s u f f e r . 5 O t h e r d e r i v a t i v e s i n c l u d e t he p r e f i x p a t h o - , p a t ho s , p a t he t i c , a p a t hy , a n d s y m p a t h y . T H E M E S : T h e f i r s t t h e m e c o n ce r n s PR O X IM I T Y . R e c a l l t h a t t h e p r e f i x com- is a variant of con- and both descend from the root kom- which

1 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European 3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European 4 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/paleo 5 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Starling Hunter 2011 1

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m e a n s b e si d e , n e a r , b y , a n d w i t h . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d, t h e p r e fi x t e l e d e s c e n d s f r o m k w el - 2 w h i c h me a n s fa r i n sp a c e a n d t i m e . T h e t h e me t ha t l i n k s t h e t w o k e y wo r d s i s CO M P A S S IO N . A m o n g t h e m a n y d e f i n i t i o n s o f t h e w o r d i s de e p a w a r e n e s s o f t h e s u f f e r i n g o f a n o t h e r c o up l e d w i t h t h e w i s h t o r e l i e v e i t . 6 T h e s a m e i d e a c a n b e f o r m e d b y a d d i n g t h e m e a n i n g o f t h e p r e f i xe s c o n- a n d c o m - ( w h i c h m e a n t o g e t h e r w i t h a n d w h o s e r o o t s m e a n s b e s i d e , n e a r , b y, a n d w i t h ) w i t h t h e m e a n i n g s o f t h e s u f f i x p a t h y ( w h i c h m e a n s f e e l i n g, s u f f e r i n g w h o s e r o o t m e a n s t o s u f f e r ). Phrases formed by the above keyword and paronyms include an a p a t he t i c i n t r o v e r t , s y mp a t he t i c p r o se , a t e l e p a t h i c u n iv e r se , a n d w e i r d pathos.

6 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/compassion Starling Hunter 2011 2