good morning

Meanings

1. Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.
2. A parting in the morning.
3. Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).
4. Said to someone who has come to a belated realization.

1. A greeting consisting of the interjection.
2. An exercise performed by bending forward at the waist and then returning to a standing posture, while bearing a barbell or resistance band across the shoulders.

1. Alternative form of good-morning (“to say good morning (to someone)”).

Etymology

From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.