Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down12
arrow-up1228arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square218linkfedilink
minus-squareRiley@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·13 days agoGoodbye is a contraction of God be with ye
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 days agoI think it’s the same for other languages as well. Goodbye in Italian is “addio” = a(d) Dio = to God
minus-squarelemmysir@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 days agoI’m Croatian you can say “zbogom” or “s bogom” and translates to “with god”. I expect other slavic languages have a similar phrase.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoThe Irish for hello translates as “God be with you”. The response is “God and Mary be with you”.
Goodbye is a contraction of God be with ye
I think it’s the same for other languages as well.
Goodbye in Italian is “addio” = a(d) Dio = to God
I’m Croatian you can say “zbogom” or “s bogom” and translates to “with god”. I expect other slavic languages have a similar phrase.
The Irish for hello translates as “God be with you”. The response is “God and Mary be with you”.