But I'm not talking about that, or about how JKR thinks "Enervate" means the opposite of "Stupefy" when in fact it means the same thing No, I'm talking about one of the most obnoxious acts of appropriation in the series since the very beginning The Unlocking Charm, "Alohomora"
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Embarrassed for you. Rowling speaks French. In French, énerver can mean to excite or to agitate.
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Replying to @canpacinobox
Okay, and "enervate" isn't a French word, it's an English word I know she didn't major in English at university, but does she speak it
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Replying to @canpacinobox
It came from Latin, where it always had the meaning "to weaken", literally "to cut the sinews/nerves" https://www.etymonline.com/word/enervate
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Another etymological tip for you: French arose as a regional dialect of Latin and has obviously developed since. English absorbed many (Norman) French words after the conquest of 1066. English did not spring from Latin.
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Okay, and I just literally showed you an etymological dictionary saying the source was a direct borrowing from Latin in Middle English And that in all three of these languages the original meaning was "cut the sinews", i.e. "to weaken or to make collapse"
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Replying to @dickydickypand1 @canpacinobox
Yes, I am in fact googling rather than going off the top of my head, because it's the 21st century and it's amazingly easy and convenient More people should do it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @dickydickypand1
More people should “google” things of which they have little understanding or knowledge and then misrepresent them to the public? That sounds about your level, yes.
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Sure, as opposed to just insisting that they're right without evidence and making an ass of themselves
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