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Origins may be obscure. The word derives from any noise made by a person to attract someones attention. The word used in the English language came from Old High German as Hala or Hola, or Halon or Holon ( a word used to attract a Ferryman) The word Hello also connects to a French word Ho La, roughly meaning Whoa There. It is also a word shouted loudly at the Hunt, in olden times, to indicate finding a quarry. Thomas Edison used the word when demonstrating/using a telephone

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