Ostrogoth
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ostrogoth in British English:
UK [ˈɔstrəˌɡɔθ]
How to pronounce Ostrogoth in American English:
US [ˈɑstrəˌɡɑθ]
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- Noun:
- a member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD
Word Origin
- Ostrogoth (n.)
- c. 1600, one of the "East Goths," who conquered Italy late 5c. and established, under Theodric, a kingdom there that lasted from 493 to 555 C.E., from Late Latin Ostrogothæ, from Germanic, literally "eastern Goths" from Proto-Germanic *aust(a)r- "east" (see east; for second element, see Goth; also see Visigoth), but according to Klein this is a folk corruption of an earlier Austrogoti, from a Germanic compound, the first element of which means "shining" or "splendid," from Proto-Germanic *austr-, from PIE *ausr- (see aurora), which is also, via "sunrise," the root of the Latin word for "east."