Etymograph

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Teuton

Teuton comes from Latin Teutonēs ‘the Teutons’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETeutonēs‘the Teutons’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1864Teuton

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETeutonēs‘the Teutons’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1864Teuton

Earliest quotation: 1864, Charles Kingsley: “The difference between the Clergy and the Teuton conquerors…”

first attested First attested in the early 1700s (as stated in the etymology)

The story

Borrowed from Latin Teutonēs, Teutonī (‘the Teutons’) (compare Ancient Greek Τεύτονες (Teútones)), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (‘people’). First attested in the early 1700s.

Every English word from Latin Teutonēs

Today it means

noun A member of an early Germanic tribe living in Jutland noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors.

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