Vandal — Lexography

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Vandal · Germanic ethnonym
noun · Germanic ethnonym
Transliteration: Vandal
a member of the Vandal people. The form and sense are represented at the scope supported by the inspected source.
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English vandal is connected to the ancient Germanic Vandal people. Entry — inspected etymology or definition passage
The English destructive-person sense was associated with the sack of Rome and later reinforced by French vandalisme, coined in 1794. Entry — inspected etymology or definition passage
vandal · English
noun · English
Transliteration: vandal
a willful destroyer of property or art. The form and sense are represented at the scope supported by the inspected source.
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English vandal is connected to the ancient Germanic Vandal people. Entry — inspected etymology or definition passage
The English destructive-person sense was associated with the sack of Rome and later reinforced by French vandalisme, coined in 1794. Entry — inspected etymology or definition passage

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Vandal → vandal: semantic-change, qualified. The relationship is represented at the scope supported by the inspected passage. Entry — inspected etymology or definition passage Entry — inspected etymology or definition passage

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01English vandal is connected to the ancient Germanic Vandal people.
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The English entry traces vandal to the ancient Germanic Vandal people and explains that association with the sack of Rome helped produce the destructive-person sense; it also notes French vandalisme, coined in 1794, as a later reinforcement of the association.
English entry — inspected etymology and definition
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02The English destructive-person sense was associated with the sack of Rome and later reinforced by French vandalisme, coined in 1794.
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vandal — WiktionaryWiktionary contributorsEntry — inspected etymology or definition passage
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Source summary · not a quotation
The English entry traces vandal to the ancient Germanic Vandal people and explains that association with the sack of Rome helped produce the destructive-person sense; it also notes French vandalisme, coined in 1794, as a later reinforcement of the association.
English entry — inspected etymology and definition
Qualification Qualified
The inspected passage states this with the qualification preserved in the journey.
What Lexography infers
The journey is limited to the inspected passage and does not promote an omitted or uncertain route to fact.
Checked 2026-09-20. Original factual paraphrase from an inspected source passage; no full article redistributed.