English

Waxit

Blend of WA (“Western Australia”) + exit, patterned after Brexit and Grexit.

A blend of WA ‘Western Australia’ + exit

tai-swe-pro *waːᴬ⁴ ‘arm-spread, a measure of length’

Thai วา ‘wa: a traditional unit of length comparable…’

English WA

Latin eō ‘to go’

Latin exeō ‘to depart, exit’

Latin exitus ‘departure, going out’

Middle English exit

English exit

The story

Blend of WA (‘Western Australia’) + exit, patterned after Brexit and Grexit.

name The secession of Western Australia from the nation of Australia, forming a separate country.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.