ciao
Hello, hiHello, hi.
Meaning
2 sensesHello, hi.
Bye, goodbye.
tschau
ча́оčáo
ча́оčáo
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (hBorrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao / s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and Old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”), from Latin Sclavus, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Not related to Vietnamese chào (“hello, goodbye”). Doublet of Slav and slave.
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