Etymology

gonna

G2O1N1N1A1

Today it means: A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or prepared for in the present. Full definition →

English to ← Middle English to ← Old English tō
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  1. Englishgoing
  2. Proto-Indo-European*de
  3. Proto-Indo-European*doh₁
  4. Proto-Germanic*tō
  5. Proto-West Germanic*tō
  6. Old Englishtō
  7. Middle Englishto
  8. Englishto
  9. English todaygonna

Contraction of going to. Attested since 1913 (OED, "gonna"). The pronunciation of present participles with the sound n rather than ng has a long history (see g-dropping on Wikipedia).

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