Warlock/Wizard - was Asking JKR just one question

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 119433


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
> Geoff:
> Just adding a couple of odds and ends to the thread....
> 
> According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, warlock is and archaic 
> word for sorcerer or wizard (covers Dumbeldore?). It is derived from 
> Old English "waerloga" = deceiver which includes the root "waer" = 
> truth and is cognate with Latin "verus" = true and "loga" = liar. 
> which seems a little contradictory. Truth liar? why not just plain 
> liar? However.

Finwitch:

Why not the Logos - meaning 'study, science, etc.' common in words
like Bio(life)logy. As such, if waer- verita -truth holds true, why
not some sort of waerlogos - a searcher of the truth - suitable for
Chief Warlock of Wizengamot, don't you think?

Finwitch