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Where did the words please and thank you come from?
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Questioner:Daniel Harris 2023-06-11 17:08:55
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Gabriel Turner——Studied at the University of Toronto, Lives in Toronto, Canada.
The word thank was derived from the Old English word "
pancian"(meaning to give thanks) which in turn was derived from the Proto-German term "thankojan", which also spawned the Middle German term "danken"(meaning to thank). The English term "thank you" was shortened from the phrase "I thank you".
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