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teutonic

adj.
US //tuˈtɔnɪk// teu·ton·ic Archaic Vulgar
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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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