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Harry Potter Vs. Twilight Question

Am I the only one who just realised???

I found out that Lupin, is probably a word play on Lupine:

The word 'lupine' has a Latin origin. It is taken from the word lupinum. The word lupinum is obtained from the word 'lupinus' which means wolf-like. Then, it was adapted by the Old French as 'lupin'.

Did anyone else not know this-or am I just thick?
Am I the only one who just realised???
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i didn't realise it this complex but i knew it had something to do with wolf cause 'lup' in romanian means wolf and romanian language has a lot of latin words so i kind of figured it out xD
Drisina posted over a year ago
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Lupin is also a flower. :]
justliveitlive posted over a year ago
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I didn't know that all, but I knew that the latin "lupus" means wolf.
Aquamarina posted over a year ago
 xcrazygirlx318 posted over a year ago
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Harry Potter Vs. Twilight Answers

HaleyDewit said:
I haven't really thought about it,to be honest.
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LifesGoodx3 said:
I've heard that his name referred to a wolf before, but I didn't know the actual word.
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Bellatrix-Black said:
I knew that ages ago...and did you know that in DH when his code name is Romulus, it's because Remus and Romulus are twin demi-gods?
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I thought they were the twins who were raised by wolves and then ended up founding Rome?
lucius_malloy posted over a year ago
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although, hang on... they could have been that *and* demigods. logic fail *facepalm*
lucius_malloy posted over a year ago
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Yep!
ravenclawgirl5 posted over a year ago
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Lol, yes, they were both :) I can't remembe though, they might be quarter-gods...
Bellatrix-Black posted over a year ago
ArcticWolf said:
I knew. XD. But I'm wolf-obsessed, so... lol.

Did anyone else here notice the Remus/Romulus thing for Professor Lupin, too? I mean like the Roman twins, Romulus and Remus, in the myth that they were supposedly raised by wolves?

Yeah, I notice a lot of wolf-related stuff. xD
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Lol, we posted the same thing :P
Bellatrix-Black posted over a year ago
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OH, Bellatrix-Black just said it, never mind!
ArcticWolf posted over a year ago
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Lol, props :P
Bellatrix-Black posted over a year ago
GemonkDruid said:
Hehe, I didn't know at first, I just thought everybody in HP had cool names.
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LOL me too ...
ReibyKathBlack posted over a year ago
lucius_malloy said:
No, I've noticed that... But just about everyone in HP has a name that means something...
Have you ever noticed Quirrel --> squirrel?
Or Snape --> snake?
And to 'filch' is to steal. And 'albus dumbledore' quite literally means 'white bumblebee' in Latin and Olde English, respectively.
And Gilderoy, Lockhart's first name, is basically a combination of 'gilded', which is kinda like overly fancy, and 'roi', which means 'king' in French.
And Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom.
And so on.
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I'm german and just found out the meanings oft "fudge" and "sprout". Lol XD
Aquamarina posted over a year ago
KatyLautner said:
I don't really care.
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:P Then don't answer the question. Duh
Ms_Mea posted over a year ago
ravenclawgirl5 said:
You're just thick.
:) Just kidding! I had known it before, but it's still really interesting, isn't it?
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Angel-Trix said:
I knew ALL of this. The 'Lupin' and ''Remus' twin thing, but I didn't figure it out until the end of the book. After that I kind of did the most EPIC, the most EXTRAORINARILY EPIC FACEPALM IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!
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2nd most EXTRAORINARILY EPIC FACEPALM IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD! The 1st was me after reading TOILET.
GemonkDruid posted over a year ago
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lol x
xcrazygirlx318 posted over a year ago
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