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Visigoth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈvɪz.ɪ.ɡɒθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈvɪz.ɪˌɡɑθ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Visigothus, from Gothic. According to Mallory & Adams, possibly a tribal name derived from Proto-Germanic *wesuz (reflected in personal names such as Old High German *wisu), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good, excellent”). If so, related to Proto-Celtic *wesus (found in personal names), the Italic goddess Vesuna, and Sanskrit वसु (vasu, “good, excellent”). The term was coined by Cassiodorus under the misapprehension that it meant "west Goths".

Meanings

  1. Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.

Forms

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Visigoths Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Visigothian · Visigothic

Relateds

Ostrogoth · Goth

Translations (32)

cmn 西哥德人 (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ca visigot (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ro vizigotă (member of an East Germanic tribe) · fr wisigoth (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ar قُوطِيّ غَرْبِيّ (member of an East Germanic tribe) · pl Wizygot (member of an East Germanic tribe) · nb vestgoter (member of an East Germanic tribe) · hu nluyfashiJXOKZP'Lyugati gót (member of an East Germanic tribe) · de Westgote (member of an East Germanic tribe) · uk візіго́т (member of an East Germanic tribe) · nb visigoter (member of an East Germanic tribe) · it visigoto (member of an East Germanic tribe) · cmn 西哥特人 (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ga Viseagotach (member of an East Germanic tribe) · sv visigot (member of an East Germanic tribe) · uk вестго́т (member of an East Germanic tribe) · fr Wisigoth (member of an East Germanic tribe) · hu vizigót (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ru визиго́т (member of an East Germanic tribe) · da vestgoter (member of an East Germanic tribe) · pt visigodo (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ka ვესტგოთი (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ru вестго́т (member of an East Germanic tribe) · es visigodo (member of an East Germanic tribe) · tl Bisigodo (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ca visigoda (member of an East Germanic tribe) · sv västgot (member of an East Germanic tribe) · nn vestgotar (member of an East Germanic tribe) · eo visigoto (member of an East Germanic tribe) · pl Wizygotka (member of an East Germanic tribe) · el Βησιγότθος (member of an East Germanic tribe) · ro vizigot (member of an East Germanic tribe)

wikipedia: Cassiodorus