Origins
ยค Pr. Sproute, Pr. Mkgonagall, Pr. Snap, Pr. Treelawnee, and Pr. Albusia Dumbldor ( all misspelled on purpose)
-info from muggle net
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Alohomora(Spell that opens locks) – Derived from the Hawaiian “Aloha” meaning” goodbye,” and the Latin word “mora,” meaning “obstacle.”
- Anapneo(Spell that clears blocked airways) – In Greek, “anapneo” means “I breathe.”
- Aparecium(Spell that makes invisible ink appear) – From the Latin word “aperio,” meaning to “uncover, lay bare, reveal, or make clear” or “apparere,” meaning to “make clear.” It is spelled with only one “p,” perhaps because of “apertus” which means “open, obvious, public.”
- Arresto Momentum (Spell that stops the descent of a falling object) – This is strictly a movie-based spell and literally means “stop movement.”
- Avada Kedavra(Killing Curse) – Aramaic phrase that means “I will destroy as I speak.” Also similar to “Abra-cadabra”, which is an ancient spell (dates from the 2nd Century) used by conjurors to invoke spirits or supernatural powers for protection against disease or aid. “Kedavra” sounds like “cadaver,” which means “corpse.”
- Avis(Spell that Ollivander used to make birds fly out of Krum’s wand) – Latin for “bird.”
- Colloportus(Spell used to lock doors) – “Coller” means “to stick together” in French, and “portus” means “door” in Latin.
- Crucio(Cruciatus Curse) – “Crucio” is Latin for “I torture.”
- Conjunctivitus Curse(Spell that Krum used to “do something” to the eyes of the Chinese Fireball during the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament) – Conjunctivitis is the scientific name for pink-eye — the illness that children often get that makes their eyelids crust together.
- Deletrius (Banishing Spell) – Latin for “that which is erased.”
- Densaugeo(Spell that Malfoy used to make Hermione’s front teeth grow enormous) – “Dens” is Latin for “teeth.” “Augeo” is Latin for “I enlarge.”
- Diffindo(Spell Harry used to cause Cedric’s bag to split apart) – In Latin, “Diffindo” means “I split.”
- Engorgio (Spell that makes things grow) – In French, “engorgement” means “swelling.”
- Expecto Patronum(Spell used to conjure a Patronus) – In Latin, “expecto” is to “await, desire, or hope for” and “patronus” is “protector.” Hence, “to hope for a protector.” A Patronus is used to protect against a Dementor.
- Expelliarmus(Disarming Spell) – Latin combination of “expellere” meaning “to expel” and “arma” meaning “weapon or upper arm.”
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- Ferula(Spell that creates a splint or wooden rod) – From the Latin word “ferula,” meaning a “rod to beat children with.” In Spanish, the word “ferula” refers to an object used to immobilize a limb, like a broken leg. The object can be either a stick to tie to the limb or a cover of plaster.
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- Finite Incantatem(Spell that cancels out other spells) – “Incantatem” could be related to the Latin “Incantationem,” which means “incantation.” Together the phrase translates as “Stop the incantation!”
- Impedimenta(Spell used to slow down attackers) – “Impedio” is Latin for “I hinder.” In Latin, “Impedimenta” means “obstacle,” as in creating an obstacle to impede one’s path or goal.
- Imperio(Imperius Curse) – “Imperio” is Latin for “I control” and “imperium” is Latin for “absolute control.”
- Incendio(Spell that sets things on fire) – In Latin, “incendere” means “to set fire to something.” “Incendio” also means “great fire” in Spanish.
- Incarcerous(Spell that makes ropes appear to wrap someone up) – In Latin, “carcer” means “prison.” The word “incarcerate” means to “imprison.”
- Legilimency- In Latin, from “legere” meaning “to read” and “mens” meaning “mind.” Hence, the ability to read one’s mind.
- Levicorpus(Spell that suspends an individual in mid-air) – In Latin, “levi” means “to raise” and “corpus” means “body.” Combining these words translates as “to raise the body.”
- Liberacorpus(Spell that releases or frees the individual suspended in mid-air) – In Latin, “libera” means “to free” and “corpus” means “body.” Combining these words translates as to “free the body.” Counter-curse to Levicorpus.
- luminous-“luminous” means “emitting light” in English.
- McDonald, Natalie – In Goblet of Fire(American hardcover edition, pg. 180), a girl named Natalie McDonald was sorted into Gryffindor House. She was a real girl who was suffering from a terminal illness. She wrote J.K. Rowling a letter. J.K. Rowling wrote back to Natalie and her letter included an outline of Goblet of Fire so if Natalie died, she would know how the book went. Unfortunately, the letter was too late. In memory of Natalie McDonald, J.K. Rowling included her name in Goblet of Fire.
- Morsmordre(Makes the Dark Mark appear in the sky) – Combination between “mors” (Latin for “death”) and “mordere” (Latin for “to bite”). Death bite? No — Death Eater.
this is the spells oragins- we will have names, and everything u want latter “enjoy!”
Wow that is really cool.
Wow.
So much RESEARCH!!!
I……wow ummm good job!!!
luv,
Lavender
p.s I don’t want to sound like (hermione) but I updated Lavender649!
piz look at it?
piz?
MK:
Thank u for that comment! i awared 5 pts to ur house!
p.s. what is ur house?
NO i dnt post first!
Cool beans, peeps. Where did you find that stuff? It’s great! ^_^
i wasn’t the person who put it on ther but i think it was from muggle net…-severlina snap
yes it was
-mk
WHO was? WHAT was?Who was from mugglenet was here? TELL ME
PR.FLITWICKIA- whoever tells me first, i will give 20 points to!!!!!!!!!!!
ok, no one from muggle net was here. they asked where the origins came from.
p.s. give me 20 pt.s !!! yay!!!
-MK
oh fine- sorry i got over excited, see i have posted our website multiple times on mugglenet. Anyhow, the origins aren’t directly from mugglenet, because that is corpyright violation, ( and sorry i need to delete the spells later) but, i paraphrase the mugglenet text and write it here.
-Pr. Flitwickia
I AM AFRAID OF MUGGLES AHH MOMMY!
yes arnt we all?? -mk
hi hi hih hi
is any one here in??????
-mk