Etymology

good morning

Today it means: Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning. Full definition →

Middle English gud mornynge ← Old English *gōdne morgen
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited from*gōdne morgen“good morning”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgud mornynge
  3. English todaygood morning

From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.

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