Where does “e di wow” come from?
e di wow (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dî, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
e di wow (Tagalog): used to express excitement often used sarcastically: who cares; so what
Definitions
- used to express excitement often used sarcastically: who cares; so what
Ancestry of “e di wow”, step by step
e di wow traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog dî
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dî | no, not; no |
| 2 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 3 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 4 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 5 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 6 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English wow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wow | An indication of excitement, surprise,... |
| 2 | Scots | wow | wow (an exclamation of astonishment or amazement) |
| 3 | Scots | wave | to wave, to move back and forth |
| 4 | Middle English | waven | To shake, swing or totter; to move to and fro; To... |
| 5 | Old English | wafian | to wave; to be agitated, astonished, amazed; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wabōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰ- | to weave, braid |
via Tagalog e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | e | Used to acknowledge a statement or situation: well; so |
| 2 | Spanish | e | Name of the letter E; and |
| 3 | Latin | et | and; plus; though, even if |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |