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Where does “exitless” come from?

exitless (English) comes from English exit, from Latin exit, from Latin exeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

exitless (English): Having no exit

Definitions

  1. Having no exit

Ancestry of “exitless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexitAn act of going out or going away, or leaving; a...
2Latinexitthird-person singular present active indicative...
3Latinexeō—
4Latineō—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “exitless”

  • exitlessness
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