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''Yo'' is an English slang interjection,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yo - Define Yo at Dictionary.com )〕 commonly associated with American English. It was popularized after being used commonly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since the 1940s. Although often used as a greeting, ''yo'' may come at the end of a sentence, often to direct focus onto a particular individual or group or to gain the attention of another individual or group. It may specify that a certain statement that had been uttered is more important, or may just be an "attention grabber". ==Etymology and history== The interjection ''yo'' was first used in Middle English.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=yo: definition of yo in Oxford dictionary (British & World English) )〕 The Middle English term originated from Old English ġēa ("yes") In addition to ''yo'', it was also sometimes written ''io''.〔''Yo'', Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary〕 Though the term may have been in use in the 16th century, its current popularity stems from its use in Philadelphia's Italian American population in the twentieth century, which spread to other ethnic groups in the city, notably among the African Americans. From the late twentieth century it frequently appeared in hip hop music and became associated with African American Vernacular English, as seen in the title ''Yo! MTV Raps'', a popular American television hip-hop music program in the 1990s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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