Ostrogoth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/ˈɒs.tɹə.ɡɒθ/ /ˈɑ.stɹəˌɡɑθ/

Ostrogoth Ostrogoths

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

Goth Visigoth

Ostrogothian Ostrogothic

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