Latin in Harry Potter

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No: HPFGUIDX 42594

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "dragonettefish" <dragonettefish at y...> 
wrote:
> In one of Rowlings chat sessions she said something to the effect 
> of if you look up names and spells in Harry Potter you may learn 
> something or know more about the characters or something like 
> that. Well, I looked on the internet for places you can translate 
> Latin to English and I found several but you had to know how to 
> seperate roots of words and I dont know how.  I was wondering if 
> anyone did or knew a good site for finding out information for that 
> or a good latin site.  Thanks!

Hi, dragonettefish -

There are two great sites for info on the origins and meanings of 
words in the Harry Potter universe:

http://www.theninemuses.net/hp/ 
http:/www.harrypotterfans.net/potterica/index.html

Cheers,
Phyllis