Ostrogothic

Variant of Ostrogoth

Ostrogoth definition

Os·tro·goth (äs′trə gät̸h′, -gôt̸h′)

noun

an East Goth; esp., a member of the group that conquered Italy in the 5th cent.

Etymology: LL Ostrogothus, earlier Austrogoti (pl.) < Gmc *austra-, east + LL Gothi: see Goth

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