Visigoth
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Visigothic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Visigoth
1605–15; < Late Latin Visigothī (plural) < Germanic, equivalent to unattested wisi- (cognate with west ) + goth- Goth 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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By the early 400s, the Visigoth leader Alaric had negotiated various agreements with the Roman government to settle his people in Roman territory.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
“Before the dinner I was wondering why Alaric the Visigoth had 40 donkeys loaded up with barrels of verdicchio,” he said.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2020
Expedition Unknown Host Josh Gates heads to Italy in search of the tomb of a Visigoth king in this new installment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2017
“He’d go into long diatribes about the Visigoth invasion and the Peloponnesian Wars,” another colleague said.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 24, 2017
Their chief enemy in Gaul was the Visigoth king Eurich.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
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