Where does “Roexit” come from?
Roexit (English) comes from English Romania, from Romanian România, from Romanian român, from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Latin rōmānicē, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Roexit (English): The potential act of Romania leaving the European Union
Definitions
- The potential act of Romania leaving the European Union
Ancestry of “Roexit”, step by step
Roexit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Romania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Romania | The Latin or Romance-speaking areas of Europe, collectively |
| 2 | Romanian | România | — |
| 3 | Romanian | român | Romanian; Romanian man |
| 4 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 5 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 6 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 7 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |