despedir
/despeˈdiɾ/ · A2 · verb
to say goodbye
👋 des- + pedir: to un-ask someone, so you send them away
From Latin expetere via Old Spanish espedirse, to ask leave to go; later reshaped as des- + pedir (to ask). Asking leave became saying goodbye, then sending someone off, then firing them. Conjugates like pedir: despido, despidió.