From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland.
Kayla's look tended to change with the seasons; at the moment it was less Goth than paramilitary, with laced jump boots. 2003, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, James P. Baen, Mad Maudlin:
From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) An uncivilized person, a barbarian, a vandal.
(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of goth (“member of gothic subculture; or the subculture itself”).
For most Mansonites, Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's. 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture:
ko 고트인 (member of the East Germanic people) · es godo (member of the East Germanic people) · eo gotino (member of the East Germanic people) · oc gòt (member of the East Germanic people) · xcl գութք (member of the East Germanic people) · got ᚷᚢᛏᚨᚾᛁ (member of the East Germanic people) · ga Gotach (member of the East Germanic people) · sgs guotė (member of the East Germanic people) · lt gotė (member of the East Germanic people) · mk Гот (member of the East Germanic people) · eo goto (member of the East Germanic people) · pt gótico (member of the East Germanic people) · tr Got (member of the East Germanic people) · nn gotar (member of the East Germanic people) · de Gote (member of the East Germanic people) · got 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (member of the East Germanic people) · acw قوطي (member of the East Germanic people) · pl Gotka (member of the East Germanic people) · grc Γότθος (member of the East Germanic people) · ca got (member of the East Germanic people) · nb goter (member of the East Germanic people) · tl Godo (member of the East Germanic people) · vo gotan (member of the East Germanic people) · ar قُوط (member of the East Germanic people) · fr Goth (member of the East Germanic people) · pl Got (member of the East Germanic people) · la Gothus (member of the East Germanic people) · el Γότθος (member of the East Germanic people) · da goter (member of the East Germanic people) · cmn 哥特人 (member of the East Germanic people) · fi gootti (member of the East Germanic people) · io Goto (member of the East Germanic people) · pt godo (member of the East Germanic people) · ca goda (member of the East Germanic people) · ru гот (member of the East Germanic people) · mk Готка (member of the East Germanic people) · ang Gota (member of the East Germanic people) · hu gót (member of the East Germanic people) · nl Goot (member of the East Germanic people) · ar قُوطِيّ (member of the East Germanic people) · de Gotin (member of the East Germanic people) · sv got (member of the East Germanic people) · ja ゴート人 (member of the East Germanic people) · sgs guots (member of the East Germanic people) · fr Gothe (member of the East Germanic people) · hy գոթ (member of the East Germanic people) · lt gotas (member of the East Germanic people) · it goto (member of the East Germanic people) · fo goti (member of the East Germanic people)
From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland.