Teutonic
/tuːˈtɒnɪk/noun
Relating to the ancient Germanic peoples or, more broadly, to Germans or Germanic languages.
Did you know?The word entered English through scholarly Latin from the name of the Teutones, a Germanic people remembered by Roman writers, so its “mystique” is historical, not magical.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þeudō
“people, nation, tribe”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þeudiskaz
“of the people, popular, vernacular”
Late Latin
Latin
Teutonicus
“Teutonic; of the Teutones”
Middle English
English
teutonik
“German; of the Teutons”
Modern English
English
Teutonic
“Relating to the Teutons, Germans, or Germanic peoples”