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ciao

Meaning

Concepts

ciao

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʃa.o/

Borrowed from Italian

Cognate with Italian

Cognate with English

Cognate with Venetian

In summary

Borrowed from Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye; your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao (“servant, slave”) or 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 Sclavonia (“Slavonia”).