greet

Meanings

Verb

• To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
• To arrive at or reach, or meet.
• To accost; to address.
• To meet and give salutations.
• To be perceived by (somebody).
• To weep; to cry.

Adjective

• Great.

Noun

• Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

Origin

• From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.
• From Middle English greet, grete.
• From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-Germanic *grētaną); and of Old English grēotan (itself from Proto-Germanic *greutaną), both meaning "to weep, lament".