Etymograph

English

Googleplex

Googleplex comes from English googolplex ‘10^{10^{100’.

  1. English1500–presentgoogolplex‘10^{10^{100’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006Googleplex

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentgoogolplex‘10^{10^{100’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006Googleplex

Earliest quotation: 2006, Michael A. Hitt, C. Chet Miller: “Both Larry and Sergey wanted to make Google a…”

A blend of Google + complex

English Google ‘search engine’

English Google

Latin plectō ‘to weave, braid’

Latin complector ‘to entwine, encircle’

Latin complexus

French complexe ‘complex’

English complex

Today it means

name The corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English googolplex / Googleplex