TIL: Goodbye

Today I learned that the English language word, “Goodbye,” is a modern spelling of, “Godbwye.” The, “God,” meaning God; the, “bwye,” being a shortening of, “be with ye.” Ye in this case was just another way to write, “you.” Goodbye is basically l33t/texts-peak for, “God be with you.”

Factoid courtesy of Made in America by Bill Bryson.