Adieu Definition
ə-dyo͝o, ə-do͝o
adieus, adieux
interjection
Used to express farewell.
American Heritage
Goodbye; farewell.
Webster's New World
Said to wish a fond farewell; goodbye.
Wiktionary
noun
adieus, adieux
A farewell.
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adieu
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adieus, adieuxOrigin of Adieu
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From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Latin ad (“to”) + deus (“God”)
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French a dieu (I commend you) to God a to (from Latin ad ad–) Dieu God (from Latin deus dyeu- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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