English
exodist
Exodist comes from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος ‘departure, leaving’, from ὁδός ‘road’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-1‘to sit’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sodós1uncertain
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hodós1uncertain
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁδός1hodós‘road’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔξοδος1éxodos‘departure, leaving’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexodus1
- English1500–presentexodus1
- Englishtodayexodist1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English exodist
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-Wiktionary, English exodist‘to sit’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sodósWiktionary, English exodistuncertain
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hodósWiktionary, English exodistuncertain
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁδόςWiktionary, English exodisthodós‘road’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔξοδοςWiktionary, English exodistéxodos‘departure, leaving’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexodusWiktionary, English exodist
- English1500–presentexodusWiktionary, English exodist
- EnglishtodayexodistWiktionary, English exodist
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, session, chair, resident, settle, assess, possess, siege, niche, nest, saddle, reside, subsidy, sedan, residue, residual, nye, sediment, sedentary, beset, insidious, prasad, soot, sedative, setter, obsess, sedate, dissident, sate, sessile, chaise, presidio, seance, ersatz, 91 more
through Ancient Greek ὁδός ‘road’
method, cathode, anode, 12 more
through Latin exodus
Today it means
noun One who goes out or emigrates; a member of an exodus.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “exodist”. 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.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / exodist