Etymology

regrexiteer

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Today it means: A person suffering from regrexit (a feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it). Full definition →

English Regrexit ← Middle English exit ← Latin exitus
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰreh₁d-
  5. Proto-Germanic*grētaną
  6. Frankish*grātan
  7. Old French*greter
  8. Old Frenchregreter
  9. Middle Englishregretten
  10. Englishregret
  11. Ancient GreekΒρεττᾰνός (Brettănós)
  12. Ancient GreekΒρεττανία (Brettanía)
  13. LatinBritannia
  14. Anglo-NormanBritaine
  15. Middle EnglishBritayne
  16. EnglishBritain
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  19. Proto-Italic*eks
  20. Latinex
  21. Latinex-
  22. Latineō
  23. Latinexeō
  24. Latinexitus
  25. Middle Englishexit
  26. Englishexit
  27. EnglishBrexit
  28. EnglishRegrexit
  29. English todayregrexiteer

From Regrexit + -eer.

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