Jute

Meaning

Noun

• A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually integrated by the time of the Norman Conquest.

Origin

• From Latin plural Iuti, Iutae (in Bede), from Old English Eotas, Īote, Īotan, Ēote, Ēotan, Ȳte. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *eutaz, *eutaniz. The spelling was later influenced by Medieval Latin Jutae, Juti.