what is the origin of word "ok"?

Answer 1

The first printed examples of O.K. can be found in the Boston newspapers of 1839. O.K. was intended as a misspelling of "all correct" as "Oll Korrect" or even "Ole Kurreck".
This is the currently accepted origin.

There are other speculations, most of which were subsequently disproved :

An English professor at the University of Alabama (W. S. Wyman) attributed OK to the Choctaw word "okeh", which means "it is so"

It has been suggested that in World War II the term "zero killed" was used when a unit suffered no casualties in combat, and that this was then shortened to 0K.

Another story is that the expression came from a quality control system in some company, in which some inspector with the initials O.K. provided final approval.

In Greek, O.K. is a correctly-spelled abbreviation for the expression, Ola Kala (Ὅλα Καλά, ΟΚ), which has the same meaning as the American English "okay". It is possible that Greek sailors used Ola Kala in American ports.

"Waw-kay" is an exclamation in both Bantu and Wolof dialects: "waw" means yes, and "kay" is an emphatic, so "waw-kay" is an emphatic yes.

The term OK is also used by typesetters and people working in publishing. A manuscript that did not need any changes or corrections would be marked O.K. for Ohne Korrektur (German for 'without correction'). Other stories are that it comes from the British English word hoacky (the last load of the harvest), the Finnish word oikein ('that's right' or 'correct'), or the Scottish expression och aye (oh yes).

Answer 2

The only other theory with at least a degree of plausibility is that the term originated among Black slaves of West African origin, and represents a word meaning 'all right, yes indeed' in various West African languages. Unfortunately, historical evidence enabling the origin of this expression to be finally and firmly established may be hard to unearth.

Answer 3

i'm no longer British, yet I ought to think of it rather is the context that defines how the be conscious is used. only as "***" is a particular term for an animal, besides as a touch rude term for the buttocks, "bloody" can mean blood-soaked, or it might want for use as an oath. in accordance to the web Etymology Dictionary, it rather is been "a British intens. swear be conscious in view that a minimum of 1676." That source is going directly to rfile "that it became "good" in the previous c.1750, and it became used via Fielding and quick, yet heavily tabooed c.1750-c.1920, possibly from imagined affiliation with menstruation; Johnson calls it "very vulgar..." Eric Partridge, in words, words, words (Methuen, 1933), shows six a probability origins, prompting the concept that blood is only mind-blowing or distressing using fact the main in all probability. He additionally downplays the advice that it originates from "via our lady" (an invocation of the Virgin Mary) as being phonetically no longer likely (to whit I agree). i've got additionally heard it stated that it comes from an previous oath, "God's blood," (i.e., the blood that became shed via Jesus whilst He died upon the bypass). The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology says it is "possibly" the inspiration, however the OED says "there is not any floor for the thought". quickly, we would by no ability understand for particular of the inspiration.

Answer 4

OK has many meanings, the most common of which is an expression of agreement or approval, short for Okay.

OK can also refer to:
Oklahoma (United States postal abbreviations)
OK Kosher Certification
OK (dinghy), a single handed racing dinghy
OK! magazine, a British celebrity magazine
Czech Airlines (IATA airline designator)
Organized Konfusion, a hip hop group

Okay is a term of approval or assent, often written as OK, O.K., ok, okay, okee, okie, or more informally as simply kay or k. Sometimes used with other words, as in "okey, dokey". When used to describe the quality of a thing, it denotes acceptability. However, its usage can also be strongly approving; as with most slang, its usage is determined by context. It could be one of the most widely used words on Earth, since it has spread from English to many other languages.

The historical record shows that O.K. appeared as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" (a conscious misspelling of "all correct") in Boston newspapers in 1839, and was reinterpreted as "Old Kinderhook" in the 1840 United States presidential election. Because it is a recent word born of word play, and because it is so widely used, O.K. has also invited many folk etymologies. These competing theories are not supported by the historical written record, except in that folk and joke etymologies influenced the true history of the word. Since the 19th century, the word has spread around the world, the okay spelling of it first appearing in British writing in the 1860s. Spelled out in full in the 20th century, 'okay' has come to be in everyday use among English speakers, and borrowed by non-English speakers. Occasionally a humorous form okey dokey (or okey doke) is used, as well as A-ok.

Allen Walker Read conclusively documented the early history of the abbreviation O.K., now also spelled okay, in a series of six articles in the journal American Speech in 1963 and 1964. He tracked the spread and evolution of the word in American newspapers and other written documents, and later its spread to the rest of the world. He also documented controversy surrounding O.K. and the history of its folk etymologies, both of which are intertwined with the history of the word itself.

.....all the best.

Answer 5

It stands for ALL CORRECT. It is not AK because Americans are the ones who used to say it and it sounds like 'Oal Correct' in an American accent. OK is used worldwide in most languages. I read somewhere it is the most used word or phrase worldwide.

It doesn't just mean yah or yep. The question 'how do you feel' can be answered with OK.

Answer 6

It is the word which means, "ALL CORRECT". It is not AC because of the word in the way it's pronounced. (oal karrect) This is the story of the early native africans in the jungle region who used to show they are literates. So for anything, they agreed for, they wrote or said OK.

Answer 7

KNUCKLES, as mentioned above: The historical record shows that O.K. appeared as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" (a conscious misspelling of "all correct") in Boston newspapers in 1839. I think they spelt it that way because that's how it sounds when people from Boston say it.

Answer 8

It is supposed to be used for All Correct.
First it was used by a person as ''orl korrect representing all correct,''
so the letters O K are now being used as all correct

Answer 9

All Correct

Answer 10

It is merely 'alright' or 'agreed' or 'go ahead with your statement'. 'ok' or 'okay' is only in usage like 'Yah' or 'yap'. It was born as a colloqual usage and spread all over.