de-Google

verb

To remove all Google products and software from (something).

OriginEnglish Google ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbde-Google (third-person singular simple present de-Googles, present participle de-Googling, simple past and past participle de-Googled)

present singular third person de-Googles · participle present de-Googling · participle past de-Googled · past de-Googled · alternative deGoogle · alternative degoogle

  1. intransitiveneologismtransitiveengineeringTo remove all Google products and software from (something).

    Murena is in the business of deGoogling Android smartphones in the name of privacy.

    2023 September 5, Natasha Lomas, “A closer look at e/OS: Murena's privacy-first 'deGoogled' Android alternative”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2023

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishgoogol
  8. Englishgoogle
  9. EnglishGoogle
  10. Englishde-Google

From de- + Google.

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APA

de-Google. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-Google

MLA

“de-Google.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-Google. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “de-Google,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-Google.

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