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- Latin · derived fromTeutonicus
- English todayTeutonic
PIE word *tewtéh₂ 1580, from Latin Teutonicus, from Teutonēs, Teutonī (“the Teutons”, name of a Germanic tribe that inhabited coastal Germany and devastated Gaul between 113–101 B.C.), equivalent to Teuton + -ic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.