Etymology

thingo

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Today it means: A thingamajig; something the name of which is unknown or cannot be recalled. Full definition →

English oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tenk-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tenkóm
  3. Proto-Germanic*þingą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*þing
  5. Old Englishþing
  6. Middle Englishthing
  7. Englishthing
  8. Latinō
  9. Old Frenchoh
  10. Middle Englisho
  11. EnglishO
  12. Englishoh
  13. English todaythingo

From thing + -o.

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