Where does “okay” come from?

okay (Italian) comes from English okay, from English ok — Alternative letter-case form of OK.

okay (Italian): okay!

Definitions

  1. okay!

Ancestry of “okay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishokayAlternative spelling of OK
2EnglishokAlternative letter-case form of OK
Every word from English ok →Every word from English okay →
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