Curated category
Ethnonyms
- Endonym and exonymThe words endonym and exonym emerge from ancient Greek prefixes. The prefix endo means inside or within. The prefix exo means outside or external.
- Names of the Romani peopleThe word Romani carries a history that stretches back to ancient India. Scholars trace the root of terms like Dom and Lom to Sanskrit phrases meaning a man…
- Afghan (ethnonym)Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire issued an inscription in the 3rd century CE that contains the earliest known mention of the name Afghan.