greet
English
/ɡɹiːt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means e.g. writing or over the phone/internet
- (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet (talking of something which brings joy)
- (transitive) To accost; to address.
- (intransitive) To meet and give salutations.
- (transitive) To be perceived by (somebody).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English greten inherited from Old English grētan inherited from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną (address, make cry, greet, scold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grōtijaną
Gloss
address, make cry, greet, scold
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autogreet English
- begreet English
- begrutten English
- greetable English
- greetee English
- greeter English
- greetest English
- greeteth English
- misgreet English
- regreet English
- regret English
- regretful English
- regretless English
- regrettable English
- regretter English
- regrettest English
- regretteth English
- Grüßaugust German
- begrüßen German
- grüßen German
- greeter French
- *grōtijaną Proto-Germanic
- grētan Old English
- ह्रादते Sanskrit
- *misgreten Middle English
- greten Middle English
- regretten Middle English
- grœta Old Norse
- grǿta Old Norse
- gruozzen Old High German
- grüezen Middle High German
- begréissen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gréissen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *grōtijan gmw-pro
- *gruoten Old Dutch
- grüazan Cimbrian
- grotian Old Saxon
- grōtian Old Saxon
- grüesse Alemannic German
- begrutten Scots
- *źʰráHdatay Proto-Indo-Aryan