Where does “บางกอก” come from?
บางกอก (Thai) comes from Thai กอก, from Thai ก, 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.
Ancestry of “บางกอก”, step by step
บางกอก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai กอก
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | กอก | olive; fig |
| 2 | Thai | ก | the first consonant letter of the Thai alphabet |
| 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 |