Etymology of Go Terms

For many readers, the etymology of many Go terms may be unclear, especially if they are from a language that they do not speak. This page gives a short overview of some terms and their etymology.

Table of contents Go Ko Geta 西洋滚包, 西洋滚打

Go

Go is loan word from the Japanese word "go" 碁, which derives from the second half of Chinese weiqi 囲棋, literally "Surrounding-Boardgame". See also Etymology of Go and Go character

Ko

In Japanese, Ko literally means "threat". A secondary meaning, however, is "an enormous passage of time". See also Ko / etymology discussion.

Geta

See Geta Etymology.

西洋滚包, 西洋滚打

See Western squeeze.