Etymology

Mediaeval from Old . It is derived from Common Germanic }. The stem of this word, }, meant "people" in Common Germanic, and } was an adjective-forming suffix, of which is the Modern English form. The Old English form is , the Old High German one (attested ca. 1090 in the ).The opposite, describing anything foreign or strange, is , which was used to refer to Roman or Celtic people.

Noun

tedesco

1. German language

(feminine tedesca)

1. (male) German person

Related terms

• pastore tedesco
• tedescheggiare
• tedescheria
• tedescofilo
• tedescofobo