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Exodus

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a mass departure of a large number of people
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Stage 1 of 2
exodos
Greek · ancient
"a departure, a way out"
literally a way out, from ex (out) and hodos (way)
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Stage 2 of 2
exodus
English · 1500s
"a mass departure of people"
settled as the word for a mass departure of people
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