From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Good-by \Good`-by"\, Good-bye \Good`-bye"\, n. or interj. [A
contraction of God be with ye (God be w[i^] ye, God bw' ye,
God bwye).]
Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last
Note under {By}, prep. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goodby
n 1: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn:
{adieu}, {adios}, {arrivederci}, {auf wiedersehen}, {au
revoir}, {bye}, {bye-bye}, {cheerio}, {good-by}, {goodby},
{good-bye}, {goodbye}, {good day}, {sayonara}, {so long}]
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