There has previously been some speculation that the dark lord in Harry’s birth prophesy is death rather than Voldemort.
Voldemort’s name means “full of death”. (Maybe “thief of death”.) Perhaps Voldemort made himself a personification of Death in order to personally avoid it, seeking for himself alone what the Peverells sought for all?
Some literary analysts have considered possible meanings in the name: Philip Nel states that Voldemort is derived from the French for “flight of death,”[10] and in a 2002 paper, Nilsen and Nilsen suggest that readers get a “creepy feeling” from the name Voldemort, because of the French word “mort” (“death”) within it and that word’s association with cognate English words derived from the Latin mors.[11]
the most accurate etymology of Voldemort would be the French sentence “Vol de mort” which literally means “Flight of death” (accurate considering the murder waves he commited and as his unique power). It is quite plausible that is the real etymology of his name as J.K. Rowling herself speaks French and had taught it once. The Catalan expression “vol de mort”, also means “flight of death” or, since “Vol” may also be from the Latin root “volere” (will or desire), may mean “death wish”.
It would be slightly interesting to read a fic in which Naming was a mechanism of magic, and Voldemort chose that specific name for very good reasons. Reasons which explained why people feared the name. Maybe he stole the Grim Reaper’s power for his very own, somehow becoming Master of Death or Flight from Death or something similar, something involving an actual title with power invested into it. Neat thoughts in this area, easy for the picking. French is kind of a silly language for it, of course.
Google Translate gets me “flight of death” or “wants death”. “Flight of death” might refer to AK. More interestingly, “wants death” would make no sense in reference to himself wanting death, but it would make sense in reference to Voldemort wanting the deaths of others. There’s some possible support for your interpretation there.
Voldemort’s name means “full of death”. (Maybe “thief of death”.) Perhaps Voldemort made himself a personification of Death in order to personally avoid it, seeking for himself alone what the Peverells sought for all?
Sure? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Voldemort :
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Tom_Riddle :
I’ve always assumed it meant “flight from death”
It would be slightly interesting to read a fic in which Naming was a mechanism of magic, and Voldemort chose that specific name for very good reasons. Reasons which explained why people feared the name. Maybe he stole the Grim Reaper’s power for his very own, somehow becoming Master of Death or Flight from Death or something similar, something involving an actual title with power invested into it. Neat thoughts in this area, easy for the picking. French is kind of a silly language for it, of course.
Killing intention?
No, that’s just the general impression the word gives me. Which seems to be how Rowling chose all the names.
It’s a canon name, so let’s not overthink it …
Rowling certainly didn’t.
Canon Tom Riddle didn’t either. There are only so much words you can get from letters “TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE”, after all.
“Death” isn’t the name of any aspect, surely you mean “Thief of Time”? :p /me imagines Volvermort in a red gear-emblazoned Vriska outfit
Google Translate gets me “flight of death” or “wants death”. “Flight of death” might refer to AK. More interestingly, “wants death” would make no sense in reference to himself wanting death, but it would make sense in reference to Voldemort wanting the deaths of others. There’s some possible support for your interpretation there.