ANST - re: Linguistic History Question

[I. Marc Carlson]

<<"Mike C. Baker" <kihe at rocketmail.com>>
>Approximately when did the word "Adios", or direct ancestors in
>phrase or concept ("go with God"), enter the general Spanish
>language? 

Not to nitpick, but isn't that "Via con Dios" ("Go with God")?  
Adios (a Dios) meaning more of "God be with you" or something?
(I'm sorry, I'm currently nitpicking "Titanic" elsewhere, and it's
making me a little more retentive than normal).

>Did "Adieu" enter French around the same time? Was there
>an Italian equivalent that fell into disuse or never quite
>supplanted "arrivaderci"? (All spelynge approximate & modernised.)

"Addio" is acceptable Italian for "good bye", according to my dictionary.
I assume, simply as a guess, that since it also appears in Romanian as
"Adio" they all derive from a Vulgate phrase based on "a deus" that just 
doesn't show up in my Latin dictionaries.  

>Extra credit: I know there is a simple Arabic equivalent involving
>the name of the Most High, as well as more elaborate benedictions
>offered between two who were parting company. Particularly in
>Iberia, did one culture's practice in the matter of farewell
>phrasings influence the other, or (more precisely) to what extent if
>any?

I'm afraid that I just don't know.  It can be assumed that, over time, 
there might be *some* influence, particularly considering the other *ahem*
Moorish influences in Spanish culture as evidence.  Really, unless you
utterly eradicate an indigenous population, invaders are likely going to 
be influenced.  OTOH, wishing that someone "be with God", or to have God
look out for them, or whatever, would seem to be fairly common.

I wish you luck on your search.

Diarmuit Ui Dhuinn.
Marc Carlson/LIB_IMC at CENTUM.UTULSA.EDU
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