Where does “guay” come from?

guay (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish guay, from Latin vae, from Proto-Italic wai, from Proto-Indo-European wai — oh!; woe!.

guay (Spanish): cool, terrific

Definitions

  1. cool, terrific

Ancestry of “guay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishguay—
2Latinvaewoe, alas
3Proto-Italicwaiwoe, alas
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwaioh!; woe!

Words derived from “guay”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wai →Every word from Proto-Italic wai →Every word from Latin vae →