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how goes it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English

Syllables
how -goes it
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.

Example Sentences

Etymology

The phrase is a regular Early Modern English equivalent of how's it going (when neither progressive tenses nor do-support were obligatory). As such it could have survived through regional dialects. Nevertheless modern usage is likely a calque of German wie geht es, perhaps additionally also Dutch hoe gaat het, Danish hvordan går det, etc.

Questions

What does how goes it mean?
An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.
Where does how goes it come from?
The phrase is a regular Early Modern English equivalent of how's it going (when neither progressive tenses nor do-support were obligatory). As such it could have survived through regional dialects. Nevertheless modern usage is likely a calque of German wie geht es, perhaps additionally also Dutch hoe gaat het, Danish hvordan går det, etc.

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