Good morning is the greeting for the early part of the day. Until noon, and then it stops being true.
It is more formal than hello and it is the standard opening in shops, offices and broadcasts. British usage shortens it to morning on its own, which is friendlier and extremely common. Said sharply it can be a reproach to somebody arriving late, and every school has heard it that way. The family runs good afternoon, good evening and good night, of which only the last is a farewell.
1phrasegood morningA greeting used in the early part of the day.
“He said good morning to everyone he passed.”
Old English
*gōdne morgen — good morning
Middle English
gud mornynge
English, today
good morning
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in News & Communication, A Man Called Ove
First appears in chapter 35 of A Man Called Ove.
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