Not a name, but...
...I haven't been able to find a meaning (NOT usage) and origin of the word Hello. Webster's New World Dictionary doesn't even give an origin, and our two volume Webster's Universal Unabridged Dictionary (Copyright 1937) says: Hello (interj.) a colloquial form of hallo.
Hallo (interj.) [AS. ea lo!, ealo! AH LO!] an exclaimation
used as a salutation or to attract attention.
Alternate spellings: Halloa, hilloa, holloa, hulloa, hallow, hallo, hello, hillo, hollo, hullo. Ah lo! could be the origin, but it doesn't fit with the origins of the other greeting words. [Welcome] comes from ["It is WELL (or good) that you have COME!"] ["You are WELL COME!"] [Good-by] or [Goodbye] comes from ["GOD BE with you!"] So I was theorizing that Hello could have originated like: [Hello] comes from [Hallo] and can be spelled [Hallow] as in ["HALLOWED (Holy, sacred) is our meeting!"] Got any info? Thx. :)
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Not a name, but...  ·  Yahalome  ·  10/31/2002, 2:27 PM
Thanks, all...  ·  Yahalome  ·  11/2/2002, 1:27 PM
Re: Not a name, but...  ·  Pavlos  ·  11/1/2002, 5:19 AM
Re: Not a name, but...  ·  Anneza  ·  11/1/2002, 5:48 AM
Re: Not a name, but...  ·  Satu  ·  11/1/2002, 3:10 AM
A possible explanation  ·  AVIAD  ·  10/31/2002, 4:48 PM
Re: Not a name, but...  ·  Holly  ·  10/31/2002, 4:03 PM
Re: Not a name, but...  ·  Toni  ·  10/31/2002, 3:52 PM
English has roots in just about everything! :) n/t  ·  Yahalome  ·  11/2/2002, 1:20 PM