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Where does “soft Brexit” come from?

soft Brexit (English) comes from English Brexit, 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 — to go.

Ancestry of “soft Brexit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBrexitTo exit the European Union; To leave a romantic...
2EnglishexitAn act of going out or going away, or leaving; a...
3Latinexitthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Latinexeō—
5Latineō—
6Proto-ItaliceōI go
7Proto-Italicejō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →