greet1
v.
- give a word or sign of welcome when meeting (someone).
- receive or acknowledge in a specified way:
the idea was warmly greeted.
- (of a sight or sound) become apparent to (a person arriving somewhere).
Derivative
Etymology
OE grētan ‘approach, attack, or salute’, of W. Gmc origin.
greet2
Etymology
OE, partly from grētan ‘cry out, rage’, partly from grēotan ‘lament’, both of Gmc origin.