Experts break down how the everyday farewell evolved from a four-word phrase with a deeper meaning. You probably say “goodbye” multiple times a day without thinking twice. It’s the way you bid farewell to a friend, partner, relative, coworker, etc. And the word is so ordinary that most people never consider where it actually came from. As it turns out, its origins are religious. ″‘Goodbye’ began as ‘God be with ye,’ with the first sighting as early as 1565,” Madeline Enos , a language trends