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Where does “google” come from?

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google (English): To deliver googlies; To move as a ball in a...

Definitions

  1. To deliver googlies; To move as a ball in a...

Ancestry of “google”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGoogleAlternative letter-case form of google
2EnglishgooglyA ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins...
3Englishgoo-gooA Philippine person; A government reformer;...
4Tagaloggagoignorant; foolish; stupid; contemptible; fool;...
5Spanishgagostutterer; stuttering
6Galiciangagostutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering

Words derived from “google”

  • Google
  • google
  • Googler
  • Google-fu
  • googleable
  • googlewhacker
  • ungooglable
  • Googlish
  • googlewhack
  • googlable
  • Googlephone
  • googlability
  • Xoogler
  • googlare
  • Google
  • гуглофон
  • Google
  • googeln
  • google
  • Google
  • ググる
  • グーグル
  • googelen
  • google
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