Re: English-esque Vocabulary Range

Muke Tever scripsit:

> 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 doubt it.  Latin Sinae < Gk < Skt, the place where silk came from.
But Japan would have had little or no effect on commerce in Roman times.

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