Ostrogoth

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Ostrogoth

  • /ˈɒs.tɹə.ɡɒθ/ UK
  • /ˈɑ.stɹəˌɡɑθ/ US

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Borrowed from Late Latin Ostrogothus, from Proto-Germanic *austrą ("east") and *gutô, via Ancient Greek Γότθος (Gótthos) from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta).

noun Ostrogoths

  1. Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century.

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noun member of a tribe of Eastern Goths

Españolostrogodo, ostrogoda
Portuguêsostrogodo
FrançaisOstrogoth
DeutschOstgote
Italianoostrogoto
Românăostrogot, ostrogotă
Русскийостго́т ostgót

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"Ostrogoth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ostrogoth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Ostrogoth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ostrogoth

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"Ostrogoth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ostrogoth.

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@misc{ostrogoth_2026,
  title = {Ostrogoth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ostrogoth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}