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 <answer>Gothia</answer> or Gauthia ("Land of the Goths"), since the origins of the Catalan counts, lords and people were found in the March of <answer>Gothia</answer>, whence Gothland > Gothlandia > Gothalania > Catalonia theoretically derived.
What is the root word from which Catalonia comes?
Gothia