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English
Etymology
The phrase is a regular Early Modern English equivalent of how's it going (when neither progressive tenses nor do-support were obligatory). As such it could have survived through regional dialects. Nevertheless modern usage is likely a calque of German wie geht es, perhaps additionally also Dutch hoe gaat het, Danish hvordan går det, etc.
Pronunciation
Phrase
how goes it
- (idiomatic) An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 300, column 2:Here comes the Lady Paulina's Steward: hee can deliuer you more. How goes it now (Sir.)