Hogwarts (was Re: Duelling and Honorariums...)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 157582

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hpfan_mom" <rdsilverstein at ...> wrote:

<friartuck97@> wrote:
> > 
> > > Anyway, I was also curious as to the etymology of the 
> > name "Hogwarts." Was there a wizard by that name?  It can be
> > broken down into an anagram of "Ghost War," but that is pure
> > speculation on many people who are a lot better at anagrams than I > 
> am.
> >
> > Thanks for any information!
> > 
> 

hpfan_mom:
> 
> I thought it was after the flower hogwort.  Which is a kind of lily 
> IIRC.

geoff:
I'm inclined to stick to my comment of a day or so back that it's JKR 
having fun with "Warthog" and there is a link in the winged boar 
statues which are mentioned as being around the school.

Mainly because "hogwort" isn't spelt the same way and I wonder how 
well known it is here in the UK - Google sources imply it's better 
known in the Southern US than in the UK.

It's apparently a croton. I'm not a botanist - is this related to the lily?