salutation

English

noun
Definitions
  • A greeting, salute, or address; a hello.
  • The act of greeting.
  • (obsolete) Quickening; excitement.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French salutacion derived from Latin salutatio (a greeting, a wishing health to) root from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (whole, completed, every, unhurt, safe and sound, integrate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*solh₂-

Gloss

whole, completed, every, unhurt, safe and sound, integrate

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