Blew my mind. Heard some while watching QI, some from the internet after that.. Did you know that Muggle" was originally a word for someone who smokes Hagrid" is a short for "joyridden" which describes a involving witches Albus" is latin for white is a word for an idiot or a Durable" was originally a word for a bumblebee and is a plant Malfoy" comes from french / fail Foi, remaning "bad faith" is french and means fly from death
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Blew my mind

Heard some while watching QI, some from the internet after that.

Did you know that
Muggle" was originally a word for
someone who smokes
Hagrid" is a short for "joyridden"
which describes a
involving witches
Albus" is latin for white
is a word for an
idiot or a
Durable" was originally
a word for a bumblebee and
is a plant
Malfoy" comes from french / fail Foi,
remaning "bad faith"
is french and means
fly from death
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#1 - nyj (03/05/2013) [+] (8 replies)
#38 - lolzordz (03/06/2013) [-]
mfw 'hagridden'
#66 - phanact (03/06/2013) [+] (26 replies)
And harry backwards is yrrah

and it means absolutely nothing
User avatar #9 - deezknuts ONLINE (03/05/2013) [+] (1 reply)
Hagrid is a reference to the word "Haggard" which means, well, just look at Hagrid, that's Haggard

Hogwarts was an english "game" where you would go into someone's house and rearrange their shit, the castle was named hogwarts because the stairs would move around and rearrange

User avatar #28 - herecomesjohnny (03/06/2013) [+] (4 replies)
i'm french and voldemort means "flight of death"
#197 - inbardo (03/06/2013) [+] (2 replies)
**inbardo rolls 77** Believe in magic, bro.
#14 - retrochris (03/05/2013) [+] (2 replies)
Quaffle , Bludger , Bludger und Snitch
WHERE'S THE SECOND "I" ???
#19 to #14 - thice (03/06/2013) [-]
the text, how?!
#4 - N. Korean citizen (03/05/2013) [+] (4 replies)
Did you know that Vol-de-mort can also mean that you steal someone's death, in my opinion closer to death-eater.
#62 - Reeon (03/06/2013) [-]
>mfw I realise Albus dumbledore = white idiot
>mfw I realise Albus dumbledore = white idiot
#22 - implosay (03/06/2013) [+] (7 replies)
Frenchy here and I don't agree that much with Voldemort. You see, the verb "vol" has two meanings: Steal and fly. Whether it's one or another depends on the context.

The literal translation of Voldemort would be "steal of dead", like you'd go in a graveyard, dig up a corpse and take it with you. For "fly from death", it would be something like "S'envoler de la mort" or something similar. I haven't watched many Harry Potters so maybe it was meant to say "fly from death" even though the translation isn't really accurate. Guess you'd have to ask J.K Rowling to know the truth. Still sounds cool.
#61 - apatheticalcare (03/06/2013) [+] (10 replies)
I wonder what does her name mean.
I wonder what does her name mean.
#172 - alseides (03/06/2013) [-]
oh look it's Professoh Dumbelldooh
#146 - muffex (03/06/2013) [-]
Furthermore, "Grindelwald" is a famous hiking/skiing resort in Switzerland. It's especially popular among British tourists.
User avatar #116 - australiandeath (03/06/2013) [+] (1 reply)
actually the last one is bullshit: Voldemort means stolen death or flight of death
#195 - armlessknight (03/06/2013) [-]
So "Albus Dumbledore" basically means the same as "Stupid cracka"?
#174 - lazyass (03/06/2013) [+] (2 replies)
I'm french Voldemort actually means Burglary of dead ( like if he was stealing dead bodies or something) and Malfoy means bad faith
#170 - N. Korean citizen (03/06/2013) [-]
Don't flatter your french bastards ass too much.
Most of it comes from latin, the only reason why you think it's from french is because french descended from the latin language.

Ps: have fun being overrun by muslims over there
#75 - agrajag (03/06/2013) [+] (1 reply)
It's like JK chose words because of their meanings, or something.
User avatar #64 - TheColdandRain (03/06/2013) [+] (1 reply)
Actually, I speak fluent French. Voledemort means stealer of death, literally. Vol = steal, de = of, mort = death. As in, deatheaters. :)
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