Where does “Googlemania” come from?
Googlemania (English) comes from English Mania, from Latin Mania, from Ancient Greek μανία, from Ancient Greek μαίνομαι, from Proto-Hellenic məňňómai, from Proto-Indo-European mn̥yétor, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Googlemania (English): An obsession or fixation with the search engine Google
Definitions
- An obsession or fixation with the search engine Google
Ancestry of “Googlemania”, step by step
Googlemania traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mania | The goddess of the dead and ghosts |
| 2 | Latin | Mania | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μανία | madness, frenzy, enthusiasm; mad desire,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μαίνομαι | I am mad, angry, I rage; I am mad, raving, out of... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | məňňómai | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mn̥yétor | to think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English Google
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Alternative letter-case form of google | |
| 2 | English | googly | A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins... |
| 3 | English | goo-goo | A Philippine person; A government reformer;... |
| 4 | Tagalog | gago | ignorant; foolish; stupid; contemptible; fool;... |
| 5 | Spanish | gago | stutterer; stuttering |
| 6 | Galician | gago | stutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering |