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go to Google and type: hello wiki and you'll get the answer in much more detail. i though that "hello" had affinity with "hail" and "heil", but wikipedia doesn't mention this.
"hail" and "heil" were the greeting forms in old English and in German (up to World War 2) and the origin of these two words is "to cure" (as in German "heilen", the English "to heal" and the dutch "Helen"). other words that are etymologically related to "hail" and "heil" are: "holy" and "heilig" (German, dutch). hence a holy person was someone who was seen to have a healing influence onto others. but whether there is a connection between "hello" and to heal (hello meaning: may you be healed/healthy) is thus not certain.
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Hello, the greeting used on a telephone, is thought to come from the old British greeting hall or hollo. That originally came from Old High German halâ, or holâ (a call to ferryman) which goes back to the French holà (Ho there!) a call for attention.
Aside: The original suggested greeting for answering a telephone was "Ahoy"
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agograhembell's sister name is hello so he invented tht word while the call comes
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∙ 12y agoThe word hello, or hullo, derives from the old French holà , meaning Ho there! It was introduced into English with the Norman Conquest of 1066.
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∙ 14y agoIt originates from the greeting "halloo," and was mainly used as a greeting on the phone, to confirm that you were there for conversation.
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∙ 11y ago"hello" comes from Old English hál béo þu ("Hale be thou", or "whole be thou", meaning a wish for good health
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