Goodbye 😄

did you know that the word goodbye (good bye / good-bye) is an English word commonly used as a acknowledgment when leaving. It is also the common word used when ending a phone conversation.

The word goodbye is actually a contraction of God be with ye (ye = you), from the later 14th century. It was influenced into use by phrases such as good day and good evening. Intermediate forms of this word are God be wy you, God b'uy, God buoye, and God buy.