Where does “さようなら” come from?
さようなら (Japanese) comes from Japanese 左様ならば, from Japanese ならば, from Japanese ば, from Japanese は, from Old Japanese は.
さようなら (Japanese): a final expression of departure; farewell, so...
Definitions
- a final expression of departure; farewell, so...
Ancestry of “さようなら”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 左様ならば | — |
| 2 | Japanese | ならば | if |
| 3 | Japanese | ば | In Modern Japanese, attaches to the kateikei, and... |
| 4 | Japanese | は | what about, where is; Inserted between two verbs... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | は | — |
Words derived from “さようなら”