Definitions
an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
Word origin
Borrowed 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.
Used in a sentence
“[…] he excused himself, disappearing in a cloud of ciaos and operatic Italian.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Italian hello”4 letters
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