Etymology

from Middle English Gothes, Gotes, both pl., partly from Old English Gotan, Goþan, both pl., s. forms Gota, Goþa; partly from Late Latin Gothi, both pl., s. form Goth; of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse Goti "Goth", compare Gothic } pl. "Goths", }, } (latter two terms are ablaut grades) perhaps from the , but more likely from (see also good, God, Odin, Gutan, Wotan, Woden). Related terms are Gudai, Gutan, Gutnish, Gotlander, Geat, Gaut, Got.

Proper noun

1. A member of the Goths, a Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries.