adieu
English
/əˈdu/, /əˈdjuː/
interj
Definitions
- Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English adieu derived from Old French adieu (God) derived from Latin ad Deum (God).
Origin
Latin
ad Deum
Gloss
God
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adios English
- ad Deum Latin
- tschö German
- addio Italian
- adjuus Dutch, Flemish
- aju Dutch, Flemish
- ajuus Dutch, Flemish
- adieu French
- адьё Russian
- Dios Spanish, Castilian
- a Spanish, Castilian
- adiosito Spanish, Castilian
- adiós Spanish, Castilian
- adeus Portuguese
- adeusinho Portuguese
- adjö Swedish
- アデュー Japanese
- adieu Middle English
- adjø Danish
- a Dieu vos comant Old French
- adieu Old French
- adiaŭ Esperanto
- adio Serbo-Croatian
- αντίο Greek (modern)
- adiu Middle Dutch
- сбогом Bulgarian
- adē Middle High German
- eddy Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- אַדיע Yiddish
- adijo Slovene
- adiós Asturian
- съ богомь Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- adjüs German Low German
- adyö Volapük
- ayo Papiamentu
- ayó Papiamentu
- adios Hiligaynon
- adiós Aragonese
- adeo Interlingua
- alyos Chamicuro