adieu

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English word adieu comes from Old French a Dieu vous comant

a Dieu vous comant (Old French)

adieu (Old French)

adue (Middle English)

adieu (English)

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.

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