what does hello mean?

Answer 1

There are many different theories to the origins of the word. It may be a contraction of archaic English "whole be thou".[1] Another source may be the phrase "Hail, Thou", as in The Bible; Luke 1:28 and Matthew 27:14. Hello is alternatively thought to come from the word hollo (also holla, holloa). [2] The definition of hollo is to shout or an exclamation originally shouted in a fox hunt when a fox was spotted.[3]. Or it may be a loadword from hungarian.

The word hello is also credited to Thomas Edison specifically as a way to greet someone when answering the telephone; allegedly when expressing his surprise with a misheard "Hullo". [4] Because of hello's first beginning association with telephones, around 1889 central telephone exchange operators were known as hello-girls. [5]

Answer 2

"This greeting is much newer than most people think. The use of hello as a greeting is only as old as the telephone. The first recorded use is from 1883.

It does, however, have earlier origins in other senses. It is a variant of hallo, which dates to 1840 and is a cry of surprise. That in turn is related to halloo, a cry to urge on hunting dogs. Halloo dates to about 1700, but a variant, aloo, appears in Shakeepeare's King Lear a century earlier than that.

And there is an even earlier variant, hollo, which dates to at least 1588 when Shakespeare used it in Titus Andronicus. There are also cognates in other Germanic languages.

Hello was not a shoo-in for the telephone greeting either. It competed with several other options, including Alexander Graham Bell's suggestion of Ahoy, but pulled into an early lead and by the end of the 1880s was firmly ensconced."

Answer 3

Hello means just as Hi for short a lot of things. It's to greet someone with respect. In the word itself you want to know how the persons doing. Sometimes to get someones attention. It has many meanings I just can't think of all of them.

Answer 4

it is a greeting and we usually say it when we know somebody and we bumped to each other or just met somewhere. similar to hi or hello or what's up. Chung hmmmm you sound like you are a chinese man well if you are i studied chinese for about 2 years and it is the same as Ni Hao

Answer 5

Hello is a greeting. And if you are foreign I understand why you asked that question, but if you are not then are you kidding.

Answer 6

It's a greeting, as well as a form of communication to the person that it was intended for. It's a way of letting someone know that you are in high spirits for the day, and that you are a personable person.

Answer 7

hel·lo ( P ) Pronunciation Key (h-l, h-)
interj.
Used to greet someone, answer the telephone, or express surprise.

n. pl. hel·los
A calling or greeting of “hello.”

intr.v. hel·loed, hel·lo·ing, hel·loes
To call “hello.”

Answer 8

Terms most often used in connection with executive pay.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/glossary/page/0,13866,1052813,00.html

the larva of a frog or toad at the stage when it lives in water and has gills and a tail.
www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/vocab/third/quiz/5/

an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Answer 9

It means Hello. how hard is that?
Other words to substitute it....hi, wassup,
Different languages- tag, hola, Konnichiwa

Answer 10

What does hello mean?

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