Where does “Brexocalypse” come from?
Brexocalypse (English) comes from English Apocalypse, from Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλύπτω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.
Brexocalypse (English): The negative economic and political impact of Brexit
Definitions
- The negative economic and political impact of Brexit
Ancestry of “Brexocalypse”, step by step
Brexocalypse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Apocalypse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Apocalypse | The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet |
| 2 | Middle English | apocalips | The book of Revelation; The biblical Apocalypse;... |
| 3 | Latin | apocalypsis | revelation, disclosing |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀποκάλυψις | uncovering, revelation, disclosure |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀποκαλύπτω | I reveal |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English Brexit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Brexit | To exit the European Union; To leave a romantic... |
| 2 | English | exit | An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a... |
| 3 | Latin | exit | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 5 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |