bibliomaticonehundredandonenovelsFollowdracodormeinsFollow‘Avada Kedavra’ or the killing curse has been taken from the Armaic phrase “avra kehdabra” meaning ‘I will create as I speak’. Although J.K.Rowling has combined it with the latin ‘cadavra’ meaning dead bodies.So Avada Kedavra stands for “I will create dead bodies as I speak “can-we-just-no-we-can-tAnd I thought it was a play on abracadabraSource: dracodormeins