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Exit

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a way out of a place, or the act of leaving
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Stage 1 of 3
exire
Latin · ancient
"to go out"
to go out, from ex- (out) and ire (to go)
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Stage 2 of 3
exit
Latin · ancient
"he or she goes out"
he or she goes out, a stage direction marking a character's departure
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Stage 3 of 3
exit
English · 1530s
"a way out, or the act of leaving"
settled as the English word for a way out or the act of leaving
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