English
exodist
Exodist comes from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος ‘departure, leaving’, and goes back to ὁδός ‘road’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁδόςhodós‘road’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἔξοδοςéxodos‘departure, leaving’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexodus
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayexodist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁδόςhodós‘road’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἔξοδοςéxodos‘departure, leaving’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexodus
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayexodist
A compound of exodus + -ist
Ancient Greek ὁδός ‘journey’
Ancient Greek ἔξοδος ‘expedition, procession, departure’
Latin exodus
English exodus
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, session, chair, resident, settle, assess, possess, siege, niche, nest, saddle, reside, subsidy, sedan, residue, residual, nye, sediment, sedentary, beset, insidious, prasad, soot, sedative, setter, obsess, sedate, dissident, sate, sessile, chaise, presidio, seance, ersatz, 92 more
through Ancient Greek ὁδός ‘road’
method, cathode, anode, 12 more
through Latin exodus
Today it means
noun One who goes out or emigrates; a member of an exodus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὁδός / exodist