Visigoth

[ viz-i-goth ]

noun
  1. a member of the westerly division of the Goths, which formed a monarchy about a.d. 418, maintaining it in southern France until 507 and in Spain until 711.

Origin of Visigoth

1
1605–15; <Late Latin Visigothī (plural) <Germanic, equivalent to unattested wisi- (cognate with west) + goth- Goth1

Other words from Visigoth

  • Vis·i·goth·ic, adjective

Words Nearby Visigoth

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How to use Visigoth in a sentence

  • The word may have some connexion with a corruption of Visigoth, a suggestion to which the use in the Girard romance lends colour.

  • The Visigoth kingdom, which had stood for three centuries, had passed its meridian.

    A Short History of Spain | Mary Platt Parmele
  • Toledo, the capital of the Visigoth Kings, is the city about which cluster the richest memories of Spain in her heroic age.

    A Short History of Spain | Mary Platt Parmele
  • The Visigoth monarchy, although in many cases hereditary, was in fact elective.

    A Short History of Spain | Mary Platt Parmele
  • This romance, lying at the very root of a Gothic dynasty in Spain, marks the earliest beginnings of a line of Visigoth kings.

    A Short History of Spain | Mary Platt Parmele

British Dictionary definitions for Visigoth

Visigoth

/ (ˈvɪzɪˌɡɒθ) /


noun
  1. a member of the western group of the Goths, who were driven into the Balkans in the late 4th century ad . Moving on, they sacked Rome (410) and established a kingdom in present-day Spain and S France that lasted until 711

Origin of Visigoth

1
C17: from Late Latin Visigothī (pl), of Germanic origin, visi- perhaps meaning: west

Derived forms of Visigoth

  • Visigothic, adjective

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