good morning
Meaning
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- Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
- A parting in the morning.
- Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).
- (informal) Said to someone who has come to a belated realization.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.
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