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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
caitlingreen.org
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    1. James Cook‏Verified account @BBCJamesCook 15 Oct 2017
      Replying to @Cathal84

      Hadn't heard that. What's the origin?

      2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
    2. Cathal Ó'hInnéirí‏ @Cathal84 15 Oct 2017
      Replying to @BBCJamesCook

      Ancient Greeks. Supposedly derived from Preteni, which was the name given to the inhabitants of the islands.

      3 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
    3. Peter Brown‏ @peterbrownbarra 15 Oct 2017
      Replying to @Cathal84 @BBCJamesCook

      Recent suggestions are that the name Pretani is originally a Phoenician word

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Dean‏ @Herne_TheHunter 16 Oct 2017
      Replying to @peterbrownbarra @Cathal84 @BBCJamesCook

      Doesn’t that share an origin with the word ‘Britain’ though? It’s basically the same.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Peter Brown‏ @peterbrownbarra 16 Oct 2017
      Replying to @Herne_TheHunter @Cathal84 @BBCJamesCook

      I believe the suggestion is that Pretani is the origin of the name Britain

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙶𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐‏ @jackgph1 16 Oct 2017
      Replying to @peterbrownbarra @Herne_TheHunter and

      Yes, it is. The term 'Britain' is a derivation of 'Brittanic', which itself a corruption of 'Prettanic', which *itself* is is derived from >

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙶𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐‏ @jackgph1 16 Oct 2017
      Replying to @jackgph1 @peterbrownbarra and

      < 'Prettanic Isles', with reference to the people of what is now Britain and Ireland. The word prettanic is thought to mean 'painted ones' >

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    8. Peter Brown‏ @peterbrownbarra 16 Oct 2017
      Replying to @jackgph1 @Herne_TheHunter and

      I read that the Phoenician term translated as "tin islands" as that was much of their trade

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    9. 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙶𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐‏ @jackgph1 16 Oct 2017
      Replying to @peterbrownbarra @Herne_TheHunter and

      I've heard that but haven't read the research. What's the origin? Would like to read.

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    10. Peter Brown‏ @peterbrownbarra 16 Oct 2017
      Replying to @jackgph1 @Herne_TheHunter and

      It was on a post from @caitlinrgreen

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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Oct 2017
      Replying to @peterbrownbarra @Herne_TheHunter and

      This one, I believe :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/12/punic-names-britain.html …

      2:54 PM - 17 Oct 2017
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        1. Peter Brown‏ @peterbrownbarra 17 Oct 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Herne_TheHunter and

          The very one! Thanks!

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