Where does “brexit” come from?

brexit (Hungarian) 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 (Hungarian): Brexit withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

Definitions

  1. Brexit withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

Ancestry of “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...
4Latinexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth
5Latinto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
6Proto-ItalicI go
7Proto-Italicejō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-