Where does “éxito” come from?

éxito (Spanish) comes from Latin exītus, 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.

éxito (Spanish): success; hit; something popular or well received

Definitions

  1. success; hit; something popular or well received

Ancestry of “éxito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexītusa departure, a going out
2Latinexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth
3Latineōto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
4Proto-ItaliceōI go
5Proto-Italicejō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “éxito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →