In German, the way to say “to meet” (as in, “good to meet you”) is actually a composite of two verbs: kennen lernen. Kennen means “to know” and lernen means “to learn.”
Fascinating, right? Truly meeting someone does, in fact, demand attentive receptivity so that we can learn how to know the person.
I do not know if this interpretation is implied by its etymology, but it is still a worthy reminder.
We have the opportunity to learn to know those around us every day, even those that we met, for the first time, long ago.
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