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I Know Where Spyro's Name Came From [CLOSED]
NEW_SpyroLUVA Emerald Sparx Gems: 3308
#1 Posted: 16:59:54 29/11/2011 | Topic Creator
I just saw a commercial for Skylanders on Family channel, and according to it, Spyro is short for the greek word Spyrodon (I think I heard it right), meaning spirit.

Funny, I always thought Spyro was just the word pyro (meaning fire) with an S in front of it.
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#2 Posted: 18:10:51 29/11/2011
Really? Was it a new Skylanders commercial that featured Spyro?

Or is it something that most of us already know for a long time now?
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#3 Posted: 18:15:29 29/11/2011
Yeah, Spyro is short for Spyridon. Maybe Insomniac were thinking 'Pyro' and then wanted to find a name that had Pyro in it or something, just a guess...
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#4 Posted: 19:30:47 29/11/2011
This is really interesting, and I've always loved that name Spyro, it's sounds so unique and cool, but Spyridon is a bit long, lol.
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#5 Posted: 20:13:29 29/11/2011
I don't think so. Cuz according to this site, the Spyro that is based on the Latin/Greek etymologies is pronounced SPAY-row.

I read this about a year ago.
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#6 Posted: 21:15:58 29/11/2011 | Topic Creator
Quote: Aura24
Really? Was it a new Skylanders commercial that featured Spyro?

Or is it something that most of us already know for a long time now?



Same footage, but might be a new compilation. A new voice over anyway...
Though, I only say saw the end of it.
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#7 Posted: 23:19:57 29/11/2011
That's... A pretty cool name actually, though I do like his latin translated name also but hearing about this is a ok in my books too.
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#8 Posted: 05:23:02 30/11/2011
If I recall Ripto, Gaul and Cynder have names that mean something.

Also pretty obivious what the Element master names come for
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#9 Posted: 11:49:53 30/11/2011
'Ripto' was just what Spyro's name looked like on the Japanese game covers, and 'Cynder' is, well, Cinder with a 'y'.
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#10 Posted: 18:30:06 30/11/2011
I thought it was Pyro and Spiro combined?
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#11 Posted: 22:08:49 30/11/2011
Quote: Fireball
I thought it was Pyro and Spiro combined?



Actually that makes since because spiro comes from the Latin word spīrāre, which means to breathe and Pyro means a great flame, so the two words combined would roughly translate to fire breather. spyrodon (spirit) is still a neat name but Insomniac could have been thinking of those two words also since it is fitting for him.
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#12 Posted: 22:13:25 30/11/2011
Quote: OpalOsprey
Quote: Fireball
I thought it was Pyro and Spiro combined?



Actually that makes since because spiro comes from the Latin word spīrāre, which means to breathe and Pyro means a great flame, so the two words combined would roughly translate to fire breather. spyrodon (spirit) is still a neat name but Insomniac could have been thinking of those two words also since it is fitting for him.



I've heard a rumour that Insomniac Games thought up the name up by combining Pyro.
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