where does the word germania come from and what does it mean?

Question

origin of the word germania its roots and meanings, who coined the phrase

Answer 1

Everybody has so much information, it's really cool that there are so many other history buffs. However, no one has said where the WORD "Germania" really comes from.

The word "german" means "people who yell going in to battle." Believe it or don't, I actually learned that one myself by reading one of those trivia columns in the local newspaper years ago.

Those who know about history should know that the germans have never called themselves by that name. Near as I can estimate, it was probably given to them by the Romans. And the country where lived the people who yelled while going into battle was likewise called "Germania."

Peace,
VT

Answer 2

Roots Germania

Answer 3

Germania is the Latin term for a region in north-central Europe, including regions on both sides of the Rhine river, bordered on the south by the Alps, stretching north to the Netherlands and Danemark, and with a rough eastern border at the Russian/Ukrainian forests. It was considered inhabited by savage barbarians, which were distinguished from the Gauls, who were thought more receptive to Roman civilization. Germania included Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, and Scythian peoples and languages.

It is theorized the first distinction between Celtic and Germanic peoples by the classical world was conducted by the Greek Pythias of Massalia during his sea voyage around northern Europe around 320BC, but few contemporary writers believed Pythias. Later, the Roman Julius Ceasar formed a distinction between Romans, Celts, and Germans in the 1st century BC. A formalized account of the Germans appears in Tacticus' Germania, also of the 1st century BC. Much of these Roman writings are still represented in Western thought as stereotypes about modern Germans: warlike, heavy drinkers, somewhat crude, etc.

Answer 4

"Germania" comes from Latin, and means "The country of the Germans"

Julius Caesar was one of the first to use the term; basically, he called any people he could conquer Gauls, and those he couldn't Germans. Many of the so-called Germans he excluded from Empire spoke Celtic languages, others spoke proto-Germanic.

Answer 5

It was an ancient region of Central Europe north of Danube and east of Rhine that was never under roman control.
That is all I know..