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Vis⋅i⋅goth

[viz-i-goth]
–noun
a member of the westerly division of the Goths, which formed a monarchy about a.d. 418, maintaining it in southern France until 507 and in Spain until 711.
Compare Ostrogoth.


Origin:
1605–15; < LL Visigothī (pl.) < Gmc, equiv. to *wisi- (c. west ) + goth- goth


Vis⋅i⋅goth⋅ic, adjective
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Vis·i·goth   (vĭz'ĭ-gŏth')   
n.  A member of the western Goths that invaded the Roman Empire in the fourth century A.D. and settled in France and Spain, establishing a monarchy that lasted until the early eighth century.

[Late Latin Visigothī, the Visigoths; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.]
Vis'i·goth'ic adj.
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Visigoth 
1647, from L.L. Visigothus (pl. Visigothi), perhaps "West Goths" (cf. O.H.G. westan "from the west"), as opposed to Ostrogothi, but according to some authorities, Visi/Vesi appears to be a Latinized form of a tribal name.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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