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
exit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin exit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exit | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 3 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 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 |
via Middle English exit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | exit | — |