Visigoth

西哥特人

发音

UK /ˈvɪz.ɪ.ɡɒθ/
其它
US /ˈvɪz.ɪˌɡɑθ/

词形变化

Visigoths 复数 Visigoths

别名

Wisigoth

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    西哥特人

    西哥德人

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

goth

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin Visigothus, from Gothic. According to Mallory & Adams, possibly a tribal name derived from Proto-Germanic *wesuz (reflected in personal names such as Old High German *wisu), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good, excellent”). If so, related to Proto-Celtic *wesus (found in personal names), the Italic goddess Vesuna, and Sanskrit वसु (vasu, “good, excellent”). The term was coined by Cassiodorus under the misapprehension that it meant "west Goths".

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