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Show Derivation of "Germany." "German" and "Germany" come from the Latin Germanicus and Germania, which were the Roman names for the Germans and their country. The words are supposed to be from a Celtic root which some say meant "shouters" and others say meant "neighbors." The Germans call themselves "Deutsch," which is from the same root as "Dutch" and "Teuton." The root meant "of the people" or "belonging to the people," and may have been the result re-sult of an effort to put into barbarian tongue the Greek word ethnikos, meaning mean-ing the same thing, "of the people" or "racial." The relation between "Deutsch" and "Teuton" Is more easily seen when we consider that "Deutsch" used to be spelled "Teutsch." |