Etymology

Brexity

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Today it means: Characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic. Full definition →

English Brexit ← Middle English exit ← Latin exitus
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The story

  1. Ancient GreekΒρεττᾰνός (Brettănós)
  2. Ancient GreekΒρεττανία (Brettanía)
  3. LatinBritannia
  4. Anglo-NormanBritaine
  5. Middle EnglishBritayne
  6. EnglishBritain
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Latineō
  13. Latinexeō
  14. Latinexitus
  15. Middle Englishexit
  16. Englishexit
  17. EnglishBrexit
  18. English todayBrexity

From Brexit + -y.

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