Fire-Making Spell

The Fire-Making Spell, also known as the Fire-Making Charm(Incendio) is a charm and a form of Conjuration that can be used to conjure a jet of orange and red flame, thereby setting things alight .
== History ==
This spell is listed in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 by Miranda Goshawk. This spell is also taught to students during their first year in Herbology class to deal with Devil's Snare and is reviewed in fifth year for students sitting the O.W.L. exams.
== Etymology ==
* In Latin, incendio is the dative or ablative singular of incendium, "fire", and can mean "to fire" or "for fire" (dative), "by fire" or "with fire" (ablative of instrument or means). Thus, the incantation is a way of calling upon fire to burn a desired object, since the spell caster wills harm to be done to an object "by (means of) fire."
* The magic word could also be a variant of the Latin incendo, "I set [something] on fire", with an "i" added before the final "o" for euphony.
* "Incendio" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "wild fire". Also, in Italian the word "Incendio" refers to a great fire similar to that one made by Thorfinn to Hagrid's house.
* "Incendio" (pronounced in-cen-DI-u) is also the first person singular of the present of the Spanish and Portuguese verb "incendiar", meaning "to set fire to".
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Category:Spells
Category:Fire-based magic
Category:Charms