let's go! · come on! (expression of encouragement)
köken: From Latin vādāmus, the present subjunctive form, replacing Old Spanish imos in the indicative. Compare the analogical form, vayamos, which is the Spanish present subjunctive form.
go! (imperative indicator 2nd person singular) (plurals άντεστε (ánteste) or αντέτε (antéte)) · go on · c'mon, come on (requires promptness)
köken: Babiniotis sees it as an imperative from, stemming from άιντε (áinte) < *άιτε (*áite) < *άετε (*áete) (with deletion of -γ-) from Ancient Greek ἄγετε (ágete), imperative plural of the verb ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”). Others have it from Byzantine Greek άμετε (ámete) (plural of άμε (áme)) with syncope of unstressed -ε- and /mt/ > /nt/ > /nd/. The variation άιντε (áinte) seems to have a different…