Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

visigoth

/ˈvɪz.ɪˌɡɑθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: visig-oth
IPA: /ˈvɪz.ɪˌɡɑθ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

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".

Origin

Source language: Gothic

Word Breakdown

Root: Visigothus, -, *wesuz, *h₁wésus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvɪz.ɪˌɡɑθ/
British English: /ˈvɪz.ɪ.ɡɒθ/

Inflected Forms

Visigoths (plural)

Derived Forms

Visigothian Visigothic

Frequently Paired Words

Goth Ostrogoth

Questions

How do you pronounce visigoth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɪz.ɪˌɡɑθ/.
What does visigoth mean?: 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.
Where does visigoth come from?: It is traced to Gothic.

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