Question: are harry potter spells in latin?
Answer: Rowling studied French and Classics at the University of Exeter, and the names of most charms, curses, jinxes, and spells—from Accio to Sectumsempra—are based on Latin roots! Let's look at the etymology, or "word origins," of the spells in the wizarding world—and where Latin ends and Rowling's imagination begins.