I don't get it

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20168

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "M. Barnett" <fyregirl at c...> wrote:
> Ok, so I could be the moron of the group, or I just missed this 
> particular discussion but ... 
> 
> How does everyone know about Lupin based on his name?
> 
> I really don't get it!

I guess it helps to know that one meaning of "lupine" is
"characteristic of or resembling a wolf".

Latin for wolf is "lupus", but in fact, the Indo-European root of
the word, "*wlkwo", is actually reflected in all of the wolf roots
in English, viz.,

Indo-European *wlkwo" -->

Germanic "wulf" --> wolf, aardwolf, wolfram, werewolf.
Latin "lupo"    --> lobo, lupine, lupus, robal, loup-garou
Greek "lukos"   --> lycanthrope, lycopodium, alyssum

Lycanthrope is, of course, from Greek roots for wolf and man
("lukos" + "anthropos"), just as werewolf ("wer" + "wolf") is in
English.  ["Wer" is related to "world" and the Latin "vir".]


In turn, Remus is the mythological brother of Romulus.  Co-founders
of the city of Rome in myth, they were raised by a she-wolf.

....Craig