Visigoth

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Visigothus, from Gothic.

The term was coined by Cassiodorus under the misapprehension that it meant "west Goths".

Noun

Visigoth (plural Visigoths)

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.

Derived terms

Visigothic

Translations

member of an East Germanic tribe

Catalan: visigot m, visigoda f
Esperanto: visigoto
French: wisigoth (fr) m, Wisigoth (fr) m
German: Westgote (de) m
Greek: Βησιγότθος (el) m (Visigótthos)
Hungarian: vizigót

Irish: Viseagotach m
Italian: visigoto (it) m
Portuguese: visigodo (pt) m
Russian: визиго́т m (vizigót), вестго́т (ru) (vestgót)
Spanish: visigodo (es) m
Tagalog: Bisigodo

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