This word derives from a Venetian phrase literally meaning "I am your slave".
The original phrase was eventually shortened, lost all its servile connotations and came to be used as an informal salutation by speakers of all classes. Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms (1929), is often credited with bringing the word into the English language.
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