Goth

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from Middle English Gothes, Gotes, both pl., partly from Old English Gotan, Goþan, both pl., s. forms Gota, Goþa; partly from Late Latin Gothi, both pl., s. form Goth; of Germanic origin; cf. Old Norse Goti "Goth", cf. Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 (Gutans) pl. "Goths", *Gautoz, *Gutaniz (latter two terms are ablaut grades) perhaps from the Proto-Germanic *geutan, but more likely from Proto-Germanic *ǥuđánaz (see also good, God, Odin, Gutan, Wotan, Woden. Related terms are Gudai, Gutan, Gutnish, Gotlander, Geat, Gaut, Got.

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Goth

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Goth (plural Goths)

  1. A member of the Goths, a Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries.

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