Etymograph

English

exitless

Exitless comes from Latin exitus, from exeō ‘to exit, depart, go forth, come forth’, and ultimately from eō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexeō1‘to exit, depart, go forth, come forth’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexitus1
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500exit1
  5. English1500–presentexit1
  6. Englishtodayexitless1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English exitless

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeōWiktionary, English exitless
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexeōWiktionary, English exitless‘to exit, depart, go forth, come forth’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexitusWiktionary, English exitless
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500exitWiktionary, English exitless
  5. English1500–presentexitWiktionary, English exitless
  6. EnglishtodayexitlessWiktionary, English exitless

Linked words

through Latin eō

initial, transition, ambitious, ambition, ambient, trance, transient, obituary, eyre, sedition, ambiance, transitive, transitory, seditious, praetorian, praetor, ambit, obit, 23 more

through Latin exeō ‘to exit, depart, go forth, come forth’

issue, 7 more

Today it means

adj Having no exit.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “exitless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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