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Where does the word "exodus" come from? It comes from Greek exodos, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
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Where does the word "exodus" come from? It comes from Greek exodos, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
Exodus’s story begins in Greek: exodos meant “a departure, a way out.” Literally a way out, from ex (out) and hodos (way). It reached English by 1500s as exodus. Settled as the word for a mass departure of people. Today, exodus means a mass departure of a large number of people.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient exodos "a departure, a way out", literally a way out, from ex (out) and hodos (way).
- Stage 2 · English · 1500s exodus "a mass departure of people", settled as the word for a mass departure of people.