HBP spoiler(ish): Hor-thingies: etymology

[Amanda Geist]

GulPlum--

> Yes, "hors" means "outside" or "beyond", and it sent my thinking in 
the 
> opposite direction of the ideas I mentioned. Whilst the others were 
(I 
> assumed) a method of "preserving" acts of cruelty, this one was to 
be a 
> method of saving oneself *from* acts of cruelty, i.e.  putting 
oneself 
> "outside the range of" an Unforgivable. I discounted this at the 
time 
> because a) I doubt a Hogwarts teacher would refuse to discuss a 
method of 
> protecting oneself against Dark activity; b) he'd ask the DADA 
teacher 
> rather than the Potions prof.; c) while Riddle might be interested 
in 
> protecting himself against Dark activity, he'd want something more 
pro-active.
> 
> I also discounted "hors" from my etymology of what Horcruxes *are* 
(as 
> opposed to what I surmised they *might be* from their name), 
because they 
> are clearly something you put your soul *into*; removing your soul 
seems 
> easy enough (get a Dementor).

No, no, this makes immediate sense to me. Horcrux = hors (outside) 
crux (soul). The outside soul. The part stored out there. As opposed 
to the inside soul, the part you still have.

I like that. Good job, guys.

~Amanda