Etymology

arrivederci

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Today it means: farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell) Full definition →

Italian arrivederci
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromarrivederci“goodbye”
  2. English todayarrivederci

From Italian arrivederci (“goodbye”), from a (“to”) with rivederci (“to see each other again”), from the infinitive rivedersi (“to see each other again, to meet again”), from ri- (“re-”) with the infinitive vedersi (“to see each other”), from vedere (“to see”) with the variable pronoun si (“oneself; one another”).

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