The word Catalan derives from the territory of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology. The main theory suggests that Catalunya (Latin Gathia Launia) derives from the name Gothia or Gauthia ("Land of the Goths"), since the origins of the Catalan counts, lords and people were found in the March of Gothia, whence Gothland > Gothlandia > Gothalania > Catalonia theoretically derived. COUNT 4
QSN1 What is Catalan the derivitive of? ANS1 Catalonia QSN2 What is the Latin for Calalunya? ANS2 Gathia Launia QSN3 Where did the Catalan  people originate? ANS3 March of Gothia QSN4 What is the root word from which Catalonia comes? ANS4 Gothia