Where does “gago” come from?

gago (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish gago, from Galician gago — stutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering.

gago (Hiligaynon): ignorant

Definitions

  1. ignorant

Ancestry of “gago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgagostutterer; stuttering
2Galiciangagostutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering
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