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minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWell, Howdy is a contraction of “How do you do?”, hence the somewhat rarer “Howdy do!”, and Goodbye is a contraction of “God Be With You!”
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI didn’t know that about ‘goodbye’! Words are fascinating, huh. I believe “hello” itself was more of an exclamation (like “hi”, in fact) and supposedly comes from the Dutch “hollo”. Some people in the UK still use it as such, in fact.
minus-squareroot_beer@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAdios and adieu also both refer to god; I’m sure other Romance languages say goodbye similarly but I don’t know Italian or Romanian or whatever
Well, Howdy is a contraction of “How do you do?”, hence the somewhat rarer “Howdy do!”, and Goodbye is a contraction of “God Be With You!”
I didn’t know that about ‘goodbye’! Words are fascinating, huh.
I believe “hello” itself was more of an exclamation (like “hi”, in fact) and supposedly comes from the Dutch “hollo”. Some people in the UK still use it as such, in fact.
Adios and adieu also both refer to god; I’m sure other Romance languages say goodbye similarly but I don’t know Italian or Romanian or whatever