WordofTheDay.US

greet

/ɡɹiːt/ verb

In Latin: salūtō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about greet at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Express greetings upon meeting someone.
  2. Send greetings to.
  3. React to in a certain way.
    The President was greeted with catcalls

Origin

From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną. Cognate with Dutch groeten, German grüßen, grüssen.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)