Where does “เมื่อกี้” come from?
เมื่อกี้ (Thai) comes 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.
เมื่อกี้ (Thai): just now, just a moment ago
Definitions
- just now, just a moment ago
Ancestry of “เมื่อกี้”, step by step
เมื่อกี้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ก
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ก | the first consonant letter of the Thai alphabet |
| 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 |
via Thai เมื่อ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | เมื่อ | classifier for a time, times |