English
ee
Ee comes from Cantonese 噫.
- Cantonesemodern噫ji²
- Englishearliest quotation 2000ee
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cantonesemodern噫ji²
- Englishearliest quotation 2000ee
Earliest quotation: 2000, Samuel Lee, The Straits Times: “Eee, so commercial some might say.”
Every English word from Cantonese 噫
Today it means
intj Ew, yuck; expression of disgust.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cantonese 噫 / ee