ciao
Italian (Fiorentino)
/ˈt͡ʃao/
interjection
Definitions
- hello!
- goodbye!
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetian s-ciao (slave) 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
- ciao German
- tschau German
- csaó Hungarian
- 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
- tchauzinho Portuguese
- tjäna Swedish
- tjänare Swedish
- 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