ciao
ciao · ciaos
A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao"A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
/t͡ʃaʊ/
Meaning
1 sensesA greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
More definitions
- an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
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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