A varied post on Latin

[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 3029

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> 
wrote:
> And 
> here's another one: where does the spell word Alohomora come from 
> (opens doors)? I can't find a Latin root for it.
> 

Here s a really off-the-wall guess:  Alohomora sounds like Aloha, the 
Hawaiian word which means both hello and goodbye.  After all, a 
greeting is a word which opens doors, in a way, right?  Well, its a 
possibility, anyway.

-- Joywitch