Where does “Brexit” come from?
Brexit (French) 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.
Brexit (French): Brexit
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Brexit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Brexit | To exit the European Union; To leave a romantic... |
| 2 | English | exit | An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a... |
| 3 | Latin | exit | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 5 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |