Ciao

Etymology
From ciao ("hello, goodbye") <  ciao ("hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant") <  s-ciao / s-ciavo ("servant, slave") <  sclavus:, related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and old Venetian S-ciavón ("Slav") < Latin Sclavonia ("Slavonia").

Interjection

 * 1) hello, hi (especially US), howdy (US).
 * 2) bye, goodbye.

Synonyms

 * addio, adieu, adios, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, farewell, good-by, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, shalom, so long

Usage notes
In UK and in US usage, ciao is considered pretentious by some.

Anagrams

 * ICAO

Etymology
From Italian schiavo: from Medieval Latin sclavus:; in the Venetian dialect originally pronounced. Slavs were often enslaved during the early Middle Ages, thus the semantic correspondence. Development and use is similar to the Central European greeting of servus:.

Interjection

 * 1) Hello!
 * 2) Goodbye!

Derived terms

 * ciao ciao

Descendants

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: tjo
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Latvian:
 * Maltese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese:

Anagrams

 * Caio

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