tedesco.
German (of, from or relating to Germany)
Meaning & usage
German (of, from or relating to Germany)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ Proto-Germanic *þeudō Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk? Germanicbor. Early Medieval Latin theodiscusder. Italian tedesco From Early Medieval Latin theodiscus, from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular, vernacular”), from *þeudō (“people”) + *-iskaz (“-ish, -ic, -al”). The Old English form is þēodisċ, the Old High German one diutisc (attested ca. 1090 in the Annolied). Compare also Friulian todesc, archaic or regional French thiois, Sicilian tudiscu.
German language
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ Proto-Germanic *þeudō Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk? Germanicbor. Early Medieval Latin theodiscusder. Italian tedesco From Early Medieval Latin theodiscus, from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular, vernacular”), from *þeudō (“people”) + *-iskaz (“-ish, -ic, -al”). The Old English form is þēodisċ, the Old High German one diutisc (attested ca. 1090 in the Annolied). Compare also Friulian todesc, archaic or regional French thiois, Sicilian tudiscu.
German (native or inhabitant of Germany) (usually male)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ Proto-Germanic *þeudō Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk? Germanicbor. Early Medieval Latin theodiscusder. Italian tedesco From Early Medieval Latin theodiscus, from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular, vernacular”), from *þeudō (“people”) + *-iskaz (“-ish, -ic, -al”). The Old English form is þēodisċ, the Old High German one diutisc (attested ca. 1090 in the Annolied). Compare also Friulian todesc, archaic or regional French thiois, Sicilian tudiscu.
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