Etymology

Golang

G2O1L1A1N1G2

Today it means: Synonym of Go. Full definition →

English lang ← Middle English langage ← Old French language
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*gāną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*gān
  4. Old Englishgān
  5. Middle Englishgon
  6. Englishgo
  7. EnglishGoogleinflu.
  8. EnglishGo
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  10. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  11. Latindingua
  12. Latinlingua
  13. Vulgar Latin*linguāticum
  14. Old Frenchlanguage
  15. Middle Englishlangage
  16. Englishlanguageclip.
  17. Englishlang
  18. English todayGolang

From Go + -lang, used to avoid ambiguity.

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