The phrase "let bygones be bygones" comes from the 15th century. A "bygone" is "something that has gone by" that is, a thing of the past. Shakespeare used it with that meaning in The Winters Tale, 1611 which is quoted as "this satisfaction, the by-gone-day proclaym'd, say this to him". As time progressed, "bygones" came to refer specifically to past events that had an unpleasant tinge to them; for example, quarrels or debts...
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