Alohomora, Harry's Scar, etc.

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23241

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., ematicu at y... wrote:
> >One more Alohomora problem: where does that word come from? 
>
> Steve's idea "Aloha mora" sounds good to me- another phrase that 
> popped up while I was mindlessly picking at the word Alohomora 
> was "Aloha, room", having read somewhere that Aloha means both
> hello  and goodbye (or just greetings in general).

While I'm willing to grant that Aloha is as good of a source as any,
I think it bears repeating that "Aloo" (second o is an omega, first
o is an omicron) is a 2d person imperative (command) form of the
verb alaomai in Greek, meaning roughly "Leave!", "Begone!", "Stray!"

If that were the source, it would roughly translate as "Go away,
impediment!" which seems reasonable....

....Craig