Where does “เมื่อกี้นี้” come from?

เมื่อกี้นี้ (Thai) comes from Thai เมื่อกี้, 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.

เมื่อกี้นี้ (Thai): just now, just a moment ago, a short while ago

Definitions

  1. just now, just a moment ago, a short while ago

Ancestry of “เมื่อกี้นี้”, step by step

เมื่อกี้นี้ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เมื่อกี้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเมื่อกี้just now, just a moment ago
2Thaithe first consonant letter of the Thai alphabet
3EnglishGoogleAlternative letter-case form of google
4EnglishgooglyA ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins...
5Englishgoo-gooA Philippine person; A government reformer;...
6Tagaloggagoignorant; foolish; stupid; contemptible; fool;...
7Spanishgagostutterer; stuttering
8Galiciangagostutterer; one who speaks nasally; stuttering

via Thai นี้

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiนี้this; these
2Proto-Tainajᶜthis
Every word from Galician gagoEvery word from Spanish gagoEvery word from Tagalog gago