Etymograph

English

git along

Git along comes from English along ‘move along’.

  1. English1500–presentalong‘move along’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1910git along

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentalong‘move along’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1910git along

Earliest quotation: 1910, John Avery Lomax, Cowboy songs: “Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, It's…”

Made of the words git + along

Middle English get ‘􂀿illegitimate􂁀 offspring’

English git

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’

Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’

Old English lang ‘long’

Old English andlang

English along

Today it means

intj Move; keep going.

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

Etymograph / English along / git along