And 'okay' is a bastardization of '0.k or ok' used during 1880; it means 0 killed '0.k'. Now we use it to say that we are good or that everything is fine.
It's actually short for Old Kinderhook, the nickname of Martin Van Buren, a presidential candidate. He got the nickname from his home town and O.K. was part of his campaign slogan
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That's according to a history book I read in middle school, but wikipedia says there are several possible entomologies, and that linguists haven't come to a consensus.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK
I really enjoyed that fact
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK