Taurus 25: A large well -kept public park

T h e w o r d l a r ge de s c e n d s f r o m t h e O l d French

la rge

"broad, means in

wide,"

from

L a t i n l a rgus w hi c h The proper to word w e ll

"abundant, hyphenated f r om the

c o p i o u s, p l e n t i f u l, l i b e r a l. 1 the c o m p o u n d w e l l - ke p t m e a n s i n a g o o d o r manner.2 It will.3 Its descends paronyms I n d o - E u r o p e a n ( I E ) r o o t we l -2 w h i c h m e a n s w i s h, i n cl u d e

b e n e vo l en t , ga l l o p , ga l l a nt ,

m a l e vo l e nt , vo l it io n , vo l u nt a ry , vo lu p t u o u s , wa l l o p , we a l , we a lt h , a n d
t w o s e n se o f wi l l ( 1 ) t h e me n t a l f a c u l t y b y w h i c h o n e d e li b e r a t e ly c h o o s e s o r d e c i d e s u p o n a c o u r s e o f a c t i o n a n d ( 2) t h e a u x i l i a r y v e r b i n d i c a t i n g s i mp l e f u t u r i t y , t he l i k e li h o o d o f u n c e r t a i n t y , w i l l i n g n e ss, intention, c u s t o ma r y or habi tual
4

a c t i on ,

capacity

or

a b i l i t y,

and

probability or expectation. observe, seize.5

T h e w o r d k e p t de sc e n d s f r o m t h e O l d E n g l i s h ce p an wh i c h m e a n s t o T h e w o r d p u bli c d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e L a t i n p opu lous w h i c h m e a n s p e op l e . 6 A c c o r d i n g t o t h e O n l i ne E t ym ol o gy D i c t i o n a ry , t h e w o r d p a r k d e sc e n d s f r o m t h e O l d F r e n c h p a rc a n d u l t i m a t e l y f r o m W e s t Ge r m a n i c p a rru k m e a n i n g " e n c l os e d t r a c t o f l a n d. " 7 TH EMES : T h e f i r s t t h e m e c o n ce r n s wh a t i s P U B L I C. F i r st t h e re i s t he k e y w o r d p u b li c . S e c o n d l y , o n e o f t h e d e f i n i t i o n s o f p a rk i s i n a t o w n , a n o p e n p u b l i c a r e a w i t h g r a s s a n d t r e e s , o f t e n w i t h s p o rt s f i e l d s o r p la c e s f o r c h i l d r e n t o p l a y 8 o r t o a n a r e a o f l a n d s e t a si d e f o r p u b l i c u s e . 9

1 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=large 2 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/well_2 3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 97 4 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/will 5 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry /keep 6 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/public 7 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=park 8 http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/park#park_4 9 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/park Starling Hunter 2011 1

A s e c o n d t h e m e co n c e r n s V A L L E YS . A n o t h e r d e f i n i t i on o f a p a r k a b r o a d , f a i r l y l e v e l va l l e y b e t we e n m ou n t a i n r a n g e s . 10 F u r t h e r r e c a l l t ha t t h e r e i s a s e c on d s e n se o f t he we ll t h a t r e f e r s t o a d e e p h o le o r s ha f t s u n k i n t o t h e e a rt h t o o b t a i n w a t e r , o i l, g a s, b r i n e o r a n a b un d a n t s o u r c e . 11 T h i s s e n se d e s c e n d s f r o m t h e I E r o o t we l - 2 w h i c h m e a n s t o t u r n , r o l l 12 a n d on e o f i t s p a r o n ym s i s va l le y . On e o f t h e m a n y d e f i n i t i o n s o f v a l le y i n c l u d e s a n e lo n g a t e d l o w l a n d b e t w e e n r a n g e s o f m o u n t a i n s, h i l ls , o r o t h e r up l a n d s, o f t e n h a v i n g a r i v e r o r s t r e a m r u n n i n g a l on g t h e b o t t o m. 13 A t h i r d t h e m e c o n c e r n s S P ACE . O n e o f t h e d e f i n i t i o n s o f t h e s e c o n d s e n se o f w e l l i s a n o p e n s p a c e e x t e n d i n g v e r t i c a l l y t h r o u g h t h e f l o o r s o f a b u i l d i n g. 14 O n e o f t h e s y n o n y m s o f t h e k e y w o r d l a r g e i s t h e a d j e ct i ve s p a ci o u s . F i n a l l y , i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , a p a rk i s c o n si d e r e d t o b e p a r t of w h a t t e r m e d p ub li c sp a ce , i . e . A public space is a social space such as a town square that is open and accessible to all, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age or socio-economic level. One of the earliest examples of public spaces are commons. Most streets, including the pavement, are considered public space, as are town squares or parks. Government buildings which are open to the public, such as public libraries are public space.15

10 h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / p a r k 11 h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / w e l l 12 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 . 9 7 - 8 13 h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / v a l l e y 14 h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / w e l l 15 h t t p : / / e n . w i k i p e d i a . o r g / w i k i / P u b l i c _ s p a c e Starling Hunter 2011 2