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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishApocalypseThe written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet
2Middle EnglishapocalipsThe book of Revelation; The biblical Apocalypse;...
3Latinapocalypsisrevelation, disclosing
4Ancient Greekἀποκάλυψιςuncovering, revelation, disclosure
5Ancient GreekἀποκαλύπτωI reveal
6Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
7Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
8Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
9Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
10Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
12Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via English Brexit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBrexitTo exit the European Union; To leave a romantic...
2EnglishexitAn act of going out or going away, or leaving; a...
3Latinexitthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Latinexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth
5Latinto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
6Proto-ItalicI go
7Proto-Italicejō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-
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