tjo

Dutch (Brabantic)

interjection
Definitions
  • (slang) hello, bye

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciao (goodbye, hello, hi) derived from Venetian ciao (goodbye, hello, your servant), s-ciao (slave) derived from Latin sclavus.

Origin

Latin

sclavus

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