Where does “exit” come from?

exit (Latin) comes 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.

exit (Latin): third-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present active indicative...

Ancestry of “exit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth
2Latineōto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “exit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →