Where does “exit” come from?
Exit comes from Latin exitus, the past participle of exīre meaning "to go out," formed from ex meaning "out" and īre meaning "to go."
exit (English): An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a...
Definitions
- An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a...
Ancestry of “exit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | exit | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | exeō | — |
| 3 | Latin | eō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
Words derived from “exit”