Re: English-esque Vocabulary Range

On Jan 16, Muke Tever said:

>Incidentally, is there a (pseudo-)Latinate root for referring to
>Japan(ese), similar to Sino- for Chinese?  My intuition tells me there
>should be but refuses to supply the word.
I would think it might come from Nippon or Nihon, but I can't find
anything to guarantee that.

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