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The Origin of the word "Gingo"?
Okay, there are three theories about it:
1. Origin of the ancient Spanish or Greek language.
Phonetically very forced, it attempts to explain how the demonym "Greek" etymologically becomes deformed by habit over time to become "gringo." The word gringo originally referred to any kind of foreigner. It was first recorded in 1817 in the Spanish Diccionario castellano with the voices of Sciences and Arts.
In this case, the most likely theory is that it originates from Greece ('Greek'), used in the same way as the English phrase "it's Greek to me". Spanish is known to have used Greek as a stand-in for incomprehensibility, though now less common, such as in the phrase (lit. 'to speak Greek'). The 1817 New French-Spanish Dictionary, for example, gives "gringo" and Greek as synonyms in this context:
... to speak in Greek, in gibberish, in gringo. Gringo, Greek: applied to what is said or written but not understood.
2. Musical origin.
There are several folk etymologies that purport to derive the origin of "gringo" from word coincidences. Many of these folk etymologies date the word to the Mexican–American War (1845–1848): Gringo is a result of American troops singing songs which began with "Green grows..." such as "Green Grow the Rushes, O", "Green Grow the Lilacs", and various others.
3. Origin of the Mexican–American War (1845–1848).
Of the three theories, it is perhaps the one that best describes its origin.
This theory involves locals yelling "Green, go home!" by invading American soldiers with blue uniforms (sometimes in conflicts other than the Mexican–American War), in reference to the Mexicans green campaign uniforms at that time. Then in subsequent years until 1868, after the victorious battles fought by the United States for the accession of the states of Texas and New Mexico, the expression was shortened to two words "Green-Go" in a more aggressive and derogatory way.
Then over the years, the Spanish-speaking Mexicans and given that the double "ee" in English is pronounced like the Latin "i", two words were derived to a single one that is known and used today, "GRINGO" . The curious thing about this theory and how time changes everything, is that now, and almost always with the same use and offensive and or derogatory tone, it is Mexicans or anyone who speaks Spanish who use it to describe North Americans and in general anyone non-Hispanic or Latin American foreigner.
This word or descriptive form has already been immortalized over time by the large amount of literature, books and also many Hollywood films that are titled "GRINGO", the most recent being a 2018 American comedy film, directed by Nash Edgerton and written by Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone. The film stars David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, Yul Vazquez and Sharlto Copley. It was released on March 9, 2018 by Amazon Studios and STX Entertainment.
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New Article.
Did you know...?
The Origin of the word "Gingo"?
Okay, there are three theories about it:
1. Origin of the ancient Spanish or Greek language.
Phonetically very forced, it attempts to explain how the demonym "Greek" etymologically becomes deformed by habit over time to become "gringo." The word gringo originally referred to any kind of foreigner. It was first recorded in 1817 in the Spanish Diccionario castellano with the voices of Sciences and Arts.
In this case, the most likely theory is that it originates from Greece ('Greek'), used in the same way as the English phrase "it's Greek to me". Spanish is known to have used Greek as a stand-in for incomprehensibility, though now less common, such as in the phrase (lit. 'to speak Greek'). The 1817 New French-Spanish Dictionary, for example, gives "gringo" and Greek as synonyms in this context:
... to speak in Greek, in gibberish, in gringo. Gringo, Greek: applied to what is said or written but not understood.
2. Musical origin.
There are several folk etymologies that purport to derive the origin of "gringo" from word coincidences. Many of these folk etymologies date the word to the Mexican–American War (1845–1848): Gringo is a result of American troops singing songs which began with "Green grows..." such as "Green Grow the Rushes, O", "Green Grow the Lilacs", and various others.
3. Origin of the Mexican–American War (1845–1848).
Of the three theories, it is perhaps the one that best describes its origin.
This theory involves locals yelling "Green, go home!" by invading American soldiers with blue uniforms (sometimes in conflicts other than the Mexican–American War), in reference to the Mexicans green campaign uniforms at that time. Then in subsequent years until 1868, after the victorious battles fought by the United States for the accession of the states of Texas and New Mexico, the expression was shortened to two words "Green-Go" in a more aggressive and derogatory way.
Then over the years, the Spanish-speaking Mexicans and given that the double "ee" in English is pronounced like the Latin "i", two words were derived to a single one that is known and used today, "GRINGO" . The curious thing about this theory and how time changes everything, is that now, and almost always with the same use and offensive and or derogatory tone, it is Mexicans or anyone who speaks Spanish who use it to describe North Americans and in general anyone non-Hispanic or Latin American foreigner.
This word or descriptive form has already been immortalized over time by the large amount of literature, books and also many Hollywood films that are titled "GRINGO", the most recent being a 2018 American comedy film, directed by Nash Edgerton and written by Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone. The film stars David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, Yul Vazquez and Sharlto Copley. It was released on March 9, 2018 by Amazon Studios and STX Entertainment.
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