Teutonic

Meaning

1. Relating to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.
2. Relating to the ancient Germanic people, the Teutons.
3. Having qualities that are regarded as typical of German people.
4. An ancient Germanic, or modern German, individual.

Etymology / origin

PIE word *tewtéh₂ 1580, from Latin Teutonicus, from Teutonēs, Teutonī (“the Teutons”, name of a Germanic tribe that inhabited coastal Germany and devastated Gaul between 113–101 B.C.), equivalent to Teuton + -ic.

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