Relating to or characteristic of Germanic peoples, particularly the historical Ermani or Herminones, a major Germanic tribal confederation.
From Latin 'Hermanni' and 'Herminones,' the Roman names for Germanic tribes east of the Rhine; these names likely derive from Germanic roots meaning 'warrior' or 'army.'
The Romans were so impressed and terrified by these Germanic tribes that they created formal Latin names for them—and these names stuck around in history books for 2,000 years, even though the tribes themselves completely transformed.
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