Xoxo - Wiktionary

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:hugs and kissesWikipedia

Alternative forms

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• xo, XO, xoxoxo, XOXO

Etymology

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From use of X/x to mean “kiss” and O/o to mean “hug”. Use of “X” to indicate a kiss attested since 1763,[1][2] preceded by medieval use of an “X”, which was then kissed by illiterates to indicate a signature.[3] Use of “O” is more recent, and presumably created by analogy (e.g., X/O in tic-tac-toe). Speculative theories on precise origins abound, including folk etymologies (for example, the notion that the X represents the crossed arms of a hug and that the O represents the pursed lips of a kiss).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ɛksəʊɛksəʊ]

Noun

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xoxo

1. Abbreviation of hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter. Synonyms: 88, X's and O's

Related terms

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• xxx
• ooo

References

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1. ^ OED: “X”. 1763 Gilbert White Letter (1901) I. vii. 132, I am with many a xxxxxxx and many a Pater noster and Ave Maria, Gil. White.
2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “X”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
3. ^ How Stuff Works: How Valentine's Day Works

Ewe

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Etymology

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From Proto-Gbe *χoχó.[1] Cognates include Fon xóxó, Gun hóhó, Saxwe Gbe xíxó and Adja xoxu.

Adjective

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xoxo

1. old

Adverb

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xoxo

1. already

References

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1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 220

Gun

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Alternative forms

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• hóhó (Nigeria)

Etymology

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From Proto-Gbe *χoχó.[1] Cognates include Fon xóxó, Saxwe Gbe xíxó, Adja xoxu, Ewe xoxo

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /xó.xó/

Verb

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xóxó (Benin)

1. to be old

References

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1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 220

Mapudungun

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Adjective

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xoxo (Raguileo spelling)

1. convex

References

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• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Portuguese

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Verb

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xoxo

1. first-person singular present indicative of xoxar

Venetan

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Alternative forms

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• xo

Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin iōsum, from Classical Latin deorsum.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈz̠oːz̠o̞]

Adverb

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xóxo

1. down Antonym: suxo

References

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• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1611: “scendete laggiù!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it