ciao
German (Berlin)
[t͡ʃaʊ̯]
interjection
Definitions
- ciao
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian ciao (goodbye, hello, hi) derived from Venetian ciao (goodbye, hello, your servant) derived from Latin sclavus.
Origin
Latin
sclavus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ciao English
- Sclavus Latin
- sclavus Latin
- tschau German
- csaó Hungarian
- ciao Italian
- ciaone Italian
- schiavo Italian
- tjo Dutch, Flemish
- esclave French
- чао Russian
- chau Spanish, Castilian
- esclavo Spanish, Castilian
- Σκλάβος Ancient Greek
- ciao Norwegian Bokmål
- escravo Portuguese
- tchau Portuguese
- ciao Norwegian Nynorsk
- sclave Middle English
- ĉaŭ Esperanto
- ćao Serbo-Croatian
- ћао Serbo-Croatian
- esclau Catalan, Valencian
- chau Galician
- escravo Galician
- ciao Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sclav Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- șcheau Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sklavo Ido
- чао Bulgarian
- sklafe, slave Middle High German
- shqa Albanian
- skllav Albanian
- чао Macedonian
- sclav Aromanian
- shcljau Aromanian
- čau Slovak
- tschau Alemannic German
- tschavò Alemannic German
- ċaw Maltese
- čao Slovene
- esclavu Asturian
- sclâf Friulian
- ciao Venetian
- s-ciao Venetian
- sciavo Venetian
- Σκλάβος gkm
- σκλάβος gkm
- ciao Interlingua
- sclavus ML