Where does “Brexit” come from?
Brexit (English) comes from English exit, from Latin exit, from Latin exeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
Brexit (English): To exit the European Union; To leave a romantic...
Definitions
- To exit the European Union; To leave a romantic...
Ancestry of “Brexit”, step by step
Brexit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exit | An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a... |
| 2 | Latin | exit | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via English britain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | britain | England, Scotland and Wales in combination |
| 2 | Middle English | Britayne | Britain |
| 3 | Old French | Bretaigne | what is now known as Britain or the United Kingdom |
| 4 | Latin | Britannia | Britain |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Βρεττανία | the British Isles |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |