/ tʃaʊ; NAmE / exclamation
(from Italian , informal ) goodbye
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WORD ORIGIN
1920s: Italian , dialect alteration of schiavo (I am your) slave, from medieval Latin sclavus slave.
/ tʃaʊ; NAmE / exclamation
(from Italian , informal ) goodbye
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WORD ORIGIN
1920s: Italian , dialect alteration of schiavo (I am your) slave, from medieval Latin sclavus slave.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005