English
gee-gee
Gee-gee comes from English gee ‘a command to an animal to move forward, go…’.
- English1500–presentgee‘a command to an animal to move forward, go faster, or turn right’
- Englishearliest quotation 1860gee-gee
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentgee‘a command to an animal to move forward, go faster, or turn right’
- Englishearliest quotation 1860gee-gee
Earliest quotation: 1860, The Bateman Household, and What Became of Them: “[W]hen great Aunt Ryder was exhausted with carrying her…”
Every English word from English gee
Today it means
noun A horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English gee / gee-gee