"Ingwerperianer" are called "Ingwerperianer" because the actual origin of the word "Ingwerperium" is older, tracing back through various linguistic stages to South Asian languages; the name itself is therefore not originally German. "Imperium" comes from Latin and signifies "command authority," "rule," or "supreme power," while the word "Ingwer" (ginger) derives—via older linguistic stages—from South to Southeast Asian languages and refers to the ginger plant, to which almost mystical healing properties and associations with paradise were often attributed in the Middle Ages.
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"Ingwerperianer" are called "Ingwerperianer" because the actual origin of the word "Ingwerperium" is older, tracing back through various linguistic stages to South Asian languages; the name itself is therefore not originally German. "Imperium" comes from Latin and signifies "command authority," "rule," or "supreme power," while the word "Ingwer" (ginger) derives—via older linguistic stages—from South to Southeast Asian languages and refers to the ginger plant, to which almost mystical healing properties and associations with paradise were often attributed in the Middle Ages.
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