I remember little from French class in junior high, but I do remember "Q: Comment ça va? A: Ça va." It struck me many years later, that people at work

I remember little from French class in junior high, but I do remember "Q: Comment ça va? A: Ça va." It struck me many years later, that people at work were saying almost a literal translation in English: "How goes it?" "It goes." To my knowledge, they weren't Francophones and I never heard any French there.