English

get-go

The beginning.

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    Origin

    From get + go. First use appears in 1960 as part of the phrase from the get-go in the publication Baltimore Afro-American.

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    • partEnglishget “To obtain; to acquire.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgeten
        • borrowedOld Norsegeta
      • derivedHebrewגֵּט
        • derivedAkkadian𒁍𒁕
    • partEnglishgo “To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as p…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgon
        • inheritedOld Englishgān
      • borrowedJapanese碁
        • derivedJapanese囲碁

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