Longbottom family

The Longbottom family is a family from Harry Potter.

Family Members

 * Harfang Longbottom
 * Callidora Black (in-law)
 * Augusta Longbottom (presumable in-law)
 * Frank Longbottom
 * Alice Longbottom (in-law)
 * Neville Longbottom
 * Hannah Abbott (in-law)
 * Algie (possible relative/in-law)
 * Enid (possible relative/in-law)

Family
Harfang Longbottom married Callidora Black. They had a son and daughter, but the identities of both are unknown.

Augusta Longbottom is the mother of Frank Longbottom. Frank Longbottom married a woman named Alice and they had one child, Neville. Frank and Alice were tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Black, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jr. Neville married Hannah Abbott. Algie and Enid are the great aunt and uncle of Neville Longbottom. It is unknown if they are related to his mother or father.

Related Families

 * Black family
 * Abbott family

Etymology
Longbottom: Longbottom is an English topographical name for someone who lived in a long valley. In modern English, Longbottom is a combination of the words long and bottom.

Harfang: Harfang is derived from the Swedish word harfang, which means "hare-catcher", as harfang was the name of the snowy owl.

Augusta: Augusta is the feminine form of the name Augustus, which means "great" or "venerable", derived from the Latin augere, which means "to increase".

Frank: Frank is a German name that was in reference to the Germanic tribe, the Franks. The Franks settled in France and the Netherlands in the 3rd and 4th centuries.

Alice: Alice is derived from the French name Aalis, which is a short form of Adelais, which is a short form of the German name Adalheidis.

Neville: Neville is derived from the English surname of the same name which was derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Norman French.