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