hello
要点もしもし、こんにちは
意味
- (電話の応答で)もしもし;(あいさつ・呼びかけ・驚きの声などに用いて)こんにちは,やあ,おい,ちょっと,おや,まあ
- こんにちは(やあ,おいなど)という呼びかけ(あいさつ)
例文
I said hello to Debby but she totally ignored me.
デビーに挨拶したが彼女は完全に私の事を無視した。
"Hi, I'm Tom." "Hello." "And you are?" "Oh, Mary."
「やぁ、俺ねトム」「こんにちは」「君は？」「あっ、メアリー」
Hello. This is Joe Carlton. May I speak to Michael?
もしもし、ジョー・カールトンですが、マイケル君をお願いしたいのですが。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
First attested in 1826. From holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades. Ultimately from a variant of Old English ēalā, such as hēlā, which was used colloquially at the time similarly to how hey and (in some dialects) hi are used nowadays. Thus, equivalent to a compound of hey and lo. Used when drawing attention to yourself. Possibly influenced by Old Saxon halo, imperative of halōn (“to call, fetch”), used in hailing a ferryman, akin to Old High German hala, hola!, imperative forms of halōn, holōn (“to fetch”).