The modern name Cornwall is derived from two ancient terms. The first, Corn, originates from the Latin name for the Brythonic tribe, the Cornovii, meaning ‘peninsula people’. The second, ‘-wall’, derives from the Old English walh, meaning ‘foreigner’, or ‘Roman’ (i.e. a Welshman). The Cornish-language term for the region, Kernow, has similar linguistic origins.