Old English gretan "to come in contact with" in any sense ("attack, accost" as well as "salute, welcome," and "touch, take hold of, handle," as in hearpan gretan "to play the harp"), "seek out, approach," from West Germanic *grotjan (cognates: Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Dutch groeten, Old High German gruozen, German grü?en "to salute, greet"), of uncertain origin.
In English, German, and Dutch, the primary sense has become "to salute," but the word once had much broader meaning. Perhaps originally "to resound" (via notion of "cause to speak"), causative of Proto-Germanic *gr?tanan, root of Old English gr?tan (Anglian gretan) "weep, bewail," from PIE *gher- (2) "to call out." Greet still can mean "cry, weep" in Scottish & northern England dialect, though this might be from a different root. Gr?tan probably also is the source of the second element in regret. Related: Greeted; greeting.
例文
1. He looked at Livy and Mark，who had risen to greet him.
彼は立ち上がって挨拶をするリーヴァイとマークを見ていた。
2. They hastened to greet him and asked urgently, "Did you find it?「
彼らは急いで迎えに行き、「見つかりましたか」
3.An unerringly professional team greet and treat clients.
完璧なプロチームがお客様を迎えて親切にします。
4.On all sides,verdant sunset-bathed hills greet the eye.
青山夕照明がいっぱい。
5.The child is shy and doesn 't like to greet people.