• Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    The word “Celt” is largely meaningless. There were no such specific societal group as “Celts”.

    “Celts” refers to speakers of similar (though not the same) languages within a celtic language group which includes Gauls (Who became Germans), Celtiberians, who became Portuguese, the Gaels, who became the English and Irish, etc… etc…

    Saying that “Celts” are a society is like saying Peru, Argentina, Mexico, etc… are all one single people. (pro tip…they’re not)

    So no, “celt” isn’t derogatory, and it certainly isn’t a synonym for “druid”.