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Egress

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the action of going out or leaving a place, or a way out
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Stage 1 of 3
egredi
Latin · ancient
"to go out"
to go out, from ex- (out) and gradi (to step, to walk)
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Stage 2 of 3
egressus
Latin · ancient
"a going out, an exit"
a going out, an exit, from egredi
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Stage 3 of 3
egress
English · 1500s
"the act of exiting, or a way out"
settled as the English word for the act of going out, or an exit
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