teuton

Etymology

PIE word *tewtéh₂ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂der. Latin Teutonēsbor. English Teuton Borrowed from Latin Teutonēs, Teutonī (“the Teutons”) (compare Ancient Greek Τεύτονες (Teútones)), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). First attested in the early 1700s.