Yo

[Margaret Lee]

Does anyone know the origin of the term "Yo" as used as a greeting?
Could it possibly have derived from the word *you*?

Margaret Lee

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Margaret G. Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - English and Linguistics
 & University Editor
Department of English
Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668
(757)727-5769(voice);(757)727-5421(fax);(757)851-5773(home)
e-mail:  mlee303 at yahoo.com  or  margaret.lee at hamptonu.edu

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