Carrow family

The Carrow family is a family from Harry Potter.

Family Members

 * Alecto Carrow
 * Amycus Carrow
 * Flora Carrow
 * Hestia Carrow

Family
Alecto and Amycus Carrow are brother and sister. Flora and Hestia are presumably related to Alecto and Amycus, although it is unknown how. Flora and Hestia are twin sisters.

Etymology
Carrow: Carrow is of English origin and is derived from either of two places; Carrow in Norfolk or Carraw in Northumberland. It is also possible that this name is a just a shortened version of the Cornish surname Nancarrow.

Alecto: Alecto is the Latinized form of the Greek word Alekto, which was derived from the Greek word alektos, which means "unceasing". Alecto was also the name of one of the Furies in Greek mythology, demon-like goddesses of vengeance and retribution.

Amycus: Amycus was a Greek mythology character. He was the son of the sea god, Poseidon, and a nymph, Melia. Amycus was a boxer and a soldier in the Trojan War. Also, a genus of spiders in South America is amycus.

Flora: Flora is derived from the Latin word flos, which means "flower". In Roman mythology, Flora was the goddess of the spring and flowers. It became a name around the time of the Renaissance in France.

Hestia: Hestia is derived from the Greek word of the same spelling, which means "hearth" or "fireside". Hestia was the name of the goddess of the fireside and home in Greek mythology.