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teuton

The origin and history of teuton.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Teutonēs, Teutonī (“the Teutons”), compare Ancient Greek Τεύτονες (Teútones), and possibly ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). The word is first attested in the early 1700s.

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