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==Etymology==
The primary sense is uncertain; the [[senses]] of early occurrence in continental Teutonic are ‘to approach’, ‘to call upon’, ‘to provoke or compel to [[action]]’, ‘to attack’, ‘to irritate, annoy’, ‘to address, salute’, In modern German and Dutch as in English, the sense ‘salute’ has become the prominent one, such other senses as [[survive]] being now apprehended as transferred from this. The [[ultimate]] etymology is equally [[Unknown|uncertain]] with the [[radical]] [[meaning]]; many scholars refer the [[word]] to Old Aryan *ghrd-: ghrd- to resound, on which supposition the primary sense should be ‘to call on’; another view is that the Teutonic root *grôt- is an extension of the [[root]] which appears in Greek as with the sense ‘to approach closely, [[touch]]’, etc.
*Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a salutation at meeting
*2 : an [[expression]] of [[good]] wishes : regards —usually used in plural <holiday greetings>
*3: In various [[senses]] which did not [[survive]] beyond [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English].: To approach, come up to; to begin upon, begin to treat or handle, take in hand.
*4: To assail, attack. Obs. (After [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th c]. prob. only as a transferred or [[ironical]] use of sense.
*5:a. To accost or address with the [[expressions]] of goodwill or courtesy usual on meeting; to offer in [[speech]] or [[writing]] to (a [[person]]) the [[expression]] of one's own or another's [[friendly]] or polite regard. Now only literary. Formerly often to greet (a person) fair, friendly, well.
:b. To [[salute]] with [[words]] or [[gestures]]; transf. to receive at meeting or arrival with some [[speech]] or [[action]] (whether friendly or otherwise) in lieu of salutation.
==Description==
'''Greeting''' is an [[act]] of [[communication]] in which [[human being]]s (as well as other members of the [[animal]] kingdom) [[intentionally]] make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. While greeting [[customs]] are highly [[culture]]- and situation-specific and may [[change]] within a culture depending on [[social status]] and [[relationship]], they exist in all known [[human]] [[cultures]]. Greetings can be [[expressed]] both audibly and [[physically]], and often involve a combination of the two. This [[topic]] excludes military and [[ceremonial]] salutes but includes [[rituals]] other than [[gestures]].
Greetings are often, but not always, used just prior to a [[conversation]]. Some [[epochs]] and cultures have had very elaborate greeting [[rituals]], e.g., greeting of a king. Secret societies have clandestine greeting rituals that allow members to recognize common membership.
[[Category: Sociology]]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
The primary sense is uncertain; the [[senses]] of early occurrence in continental Teutonic are ‘to approach’, ‘to call upon’, ‘to provoke or compel to [[action]]’, ‘to attack’, ‘to irritate, annoy’, ‘to address, salute’, In modern German and Dutch as in English, the sense ‘salute’ has become the prominent one, such other senses as [[survive]] being now apprehended as transferred from this. The [[ultimate]] etymology is equally [[Unknown|uncertain]] with the [[radical]] [[meaning]]; many scholars refer the [[word]] to Old Aryan *ghrd-: ghrd- to resound, on which supposition the primary sense should be ‘to call on’; another view is that the Teutonic root *grôt- is an extension of the [[root]] which appears in Greek as with the sense ‘to approach closely, [[touch]]’, etc.
*Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a salutation at meeting
*2 : an [[expression]] of [[good]] wishes : regards —usually used in plural <holiday greetings>
*3: In various [[senses]] which did not [[survive]] beyond [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English].: To approach, come up to; to begin upon, begin to treat or handle, take in hand.
*4: To assail, attack. Obs. (After [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th c]. prob. only as a transferred or [[ironical]] use of sense.
*5:a. To accost or address with the [[expressions]] of goodwill or courtesy usual on meeting; to offer in [[speech]] or [[writing]] to (a [[person]]) the [[expression]] of one's own or another's [[friendly]] or polite regard. Now only literary. Formerly often to greet (a person) fair, friendly, well.
:b. To [[salute]] with [[words]] or [[gestures]]; transf. to receive at meeting or arrival with some [[speech]] or [[action]] (whether friendly or otherwise) in lieu of salutation.
==Description==
'''Greeting''' is an [[act]] of [[communication]] in which [[human being]]s (as well as other members of the [[animal]] kingdom) [[intentionally]] make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. While greeting [[customs]] are highly [[culture]]- and situation-specific and may [[change]] within a culture depending on [[social status]] and [[relationship]], they exist in all known [[human]] [[cultures]]. Greetings can be [[expressed]] both audibly and [[physically]], and often involve a combination of the two. This [[topic]] excludes military and [[ceremonial]] salutes but includes [[rituals]] other than [[gestures]].
Greetings are often, but not always, used just prior to a [[conversation]]. Some [[epochs]] and cultures have had very elaborate greeting [[rituals]], e.g., greeting of a king. Secret societies have clandestine greeting rituals that allow members to recognize common membership.
[[Category: Sociology]]
[[Category: General Reference]]
