ˈvizəˌgäth, -ˌgȯth sometimes -isəˌ- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin Visigothi, plural, of Germanic origin; probably from a Gothic compound whose first constituent is akin to Gothic iusiza better, Old Irish fīu worthy, Greek eus good, brave, Sanskrit vasu good and whose second constituent is the same as the source of Late Latin Gothi Goths — more at goth
: a member of the western division of the Goths that invaded the Roman empire beginning in the 4th century and later established kingdoms between the Loire and Gibraltar — called also West Goth ; compare ostrogoth