Ostrogoth

See also: ostrogoth

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Ostrogothus, from Proto-Germanic *austrą ("east") and *gutô, via Ancient Greek Γότθος (Gótthos) from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

Ostrogoth (plural Ostrogoths)

  1. Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ “Ostrogoth”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.