/ˈɡuːɡəl/noun
A major search engine and technology company.
Did you know?The name was inspired by the mathematical term googol, a 1 followed by 100 zeros, chosen to suggest the company’s ambition to organize an almost unimaginable amount of information.
Etymological Timeline
1938
English
googol
“A coined term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.”
Late 20th Century
English
“A playful misspelling of googol adopted as the company name.”
1998
English
“The search engine name used by Larry Page and Sergey Brin's company.”
Modern English
English
“To search the internet using the Google search engine.”