When you accuse someone of being a vandal, how did this word originate.
2007-02-10 11:54:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
nosdda, found this info re the word Vandal in some World Book Encyclopedia... hope it helps
Vandal, noun, adjective.
noun a member of a Germanic tribe that invaded western Europe in the 300's and 400's, and ravaged Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa. In A.D. 455 the Vandals took Rome.
adj. of or having to do with the Vandals...
vandal, noun, adjective.
noun a person who destroys or damages beautiful or valuable things on purpose...
I don't like copying & pasting but thought that this just explained the word in full.
2007-02-10 12:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by Reproman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Van·dal (vÄn'dl) pronunciation
n.
1. vandal One who willfully or maliciously defaces or destroys public or private property.
2. A member of a Germanic people that overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and sacked Rome in 455.
[Latin Vandalus, Vandal, probably of Germanic origin.]
Vandalic Van·dal'ic (vÄn-dÄl'Äk) adj.
2007-02-10 20:10:51 · answer #2 · answered by Tribble Macher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Valdals sacking rome. The Vandals were and East Germanic Tribe that settled in Spain...Andalusia (originally Vandalusia). The Goths forced them out and into Morrocco. They eventually held all of N. Africa. They along with disaffected Visigoths were a sizeable chunk of the invading "Moors" who conquered Spain in 709-711.
2007-02-10 19:58:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vandal comes from someone who Vandalises!
I.e Hooligans came from an Irish family called Hooligan who terrorised an English town (I think it was London but don't quote me on that!)
2007-02-10 20:04:43 · answer #4 · answered by Chris W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
vandals were a eastern-germanic tribe. They're decendants are found in germany, and poland, some parts of spain, and even north africa.
2007-02-10 19:57:30 · answer #5 · answered by Borinke 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Germany, mostly - although truly brought into its own by the Brits; most notably football fans.
Similar to Scottish origins of 'Hooligan'
2007-02-10 20:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was something about a group of vikings called the vandals try a yahoo search
2007-02-10 19:58:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋