Where does “Quexit” come from?
Quexit (English) comes from English Queensland, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn — woman.
Quexit (English): The secession of the province of Quebec from Canada
Definitions
- The secession of the province of Quebec from Canada
Ancestry of “Quexit”, step by step
Quexit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Queensland
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Queensland | The self-governing colony (1859–1901) of what is now the state of Queensland |
| 2 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 3 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 4 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 5 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |
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 |