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#Etymology | #Origins of the Term 'Goodbye'

'The first documented use of the “Godbwye” appeared in a letter English writer and scholar Gabriel Harvey wrote in 1573. In it, he wrote, “To requite your gallonde of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howdyes.”'

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/01/where-the-term-goodbye-comes-from/

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Where The Term Goodbye Comes From

Today I found out the origin of the term “Goodbye”. “Goodbye” comes from the term “Godbwye” a contraction of the phrase “God be with ye”. Depending on the source, the contraction seems to have first popped up somewhere between 1565 and 1575. The...

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