Voldemort - a bilingual interpretation

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 122355


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "curlyhornedsnorkack" 
<easimm at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I hope no one has posted this before because this subject has been
> covered very often. In case anyone has I making this posting short.
> 
> Vol de mort could be a combination of German and French meaning full
> of death.  "Voll" is german for "full". "Mort" is French 
for "death".
> The "Death Eater" name for followers of Voldemort would make a lot 
of
> sense  if they felt they got their strength from Voldemort.
> 
> -Snorky

Geoff:
General opinion in the past has favoured a completely French 
interpretation.

There was a fairly lengthy thread on this about 18 months or so ago. 
The title was "Names" and it starts at message 75477 and might be of 
interest to follow through.