Etymograph

English

exode

Exode comes from Latin exodium ‘a comedy or farce given as a separate…’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἐξόδιον.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐξόδιονexódion
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexodium‘a comedy or farce given as a separate performance after a tragedy’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1868exode

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐξόδιονexódion
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexodium‘a comedy or farce given as a separate performance after a tragedy’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1868exode

Earliest quotation: 1868, Lyman Coleman, An Historical Text Book and Atlas of Biblical Geography: “Moreover, the continuation of the Mosaic Dispensation from the…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐξόδιον

Today it means

noun departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐξόδιον / exode

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