Where does “googlage” come from?
googlage (French) comes from French googler, from French Google, from English Google, from English googly, from English goo-goo, from Tagalog gago, from Spanish gago, from Galician gago — stutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering.
googlage (French): googling
Definitions
- googling
Ancestry of “googlage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | googler | to google |
| 2 | French | ||
| 3 | English | Alternative letter-case form of google | |
| 4 | English | googly | A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins... |
| 5 | English | goo-goo | A Philippine person; A government reformer;... |
| 6 | Tagalog | gago | ignorant; foolish; stupid; contemptible; fool;... |
| 7 | Spanish | gago | stutterer; stuttering |
| 8 | Galician | gago | stutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering |