Where did the phrase okay come from?

Answer 1

The origins of okay are not known with certainty, and have been the subject of much discussion and academic interest over the years. While it originated as an English language word it is commonly used in many other languages in the 21st Century.

Here are some possible origins of okay:

The term "O.K." was popularized because of Martin Van Buren. Van Buren was from Kinderhook, New York, sometimes referred to as Old Kinderhook in speeches and print. Clubs soon formed to support VanBuren's campaign. "O.K." later came to mean all right. Martin Van Buren used to get bills, on his desk, from congress and the ones he approved for law he initialed them with "OK" as in Old Kinderhook. After a time people would start to say :" the bill was O.K. ed".

OK came from the military for example, way back when the army went out on a mission , and when they came back a person would go to a chalked board and for example put 1k which stands for 1 killed. So maybe next week they'll go on another mission and then they'll come back and that person would put 0k, and that how 0k was originated which means 0 killed so everything is ok (the mission turned out great)!