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Ciao is an interesting one. Kind of like you might say 'your humble servant' in English, the Venetians would say "sciavo vostro". Literally "your slave" - schi
by davidw 9mo ago
Ciao is an interesting one.
Kind of like you might say 'your humble servant' in English, the Venetians would say "sciavo vostro". Literally "your slave" - schiavo vostro in modern Italian. Which then morphed into "ciao".
- baxtr 9mo agoIn Bavaria and Austria they say "servus" which literally means slave/servant in Latin.
- davidw 9mo agoYes, when they are not Grüß Gotting.
- alternatetwo 9mo agoMy brain tried to insert an ö to make that Göttingen.
- psychoslave 9mo agoAt least in Alsace we sometime use "service" as a "you're welcome" equivalent instead of the more widespread "de rien", or "avec plaisir" you will ear in France.
- arbitrary_name 9mo agoI hear 'servus' used frequently in southern Germany, it seems like a greeting. Interesting.
- Tagbert 9mo agoBrasilian Portuguese adopted that as their main greeting though spelled “tchau”.