Etymology

exiter

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Today it means: One who exits. Full definition →

English exit ← Middle English exit ← Latin exitus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Latineō
  7. Latinexeō
  8. Latinexitus
  9. Middle Englishexit
  10. Englishexit
  11. English todayexiter

From exit + -er.

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