exodus English · revision 1902

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɛksədəs/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|exodus]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|grc|ἔξοδος|tr=éxodos|t=a going out, departure]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[af|grc|ἐξ-|ὁδός|tr1=ex-|tr2=hodós|t1=out|t2=way, road]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The title of the second book of the Old Testament, which tells of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt (late Old English, about 1000).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The book's name passed to the event itself, the departure of the Israelites under Moses.^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) From the 1620s the word was used generally for a departure,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) especially the migration of large numbers of people from one country or region to another.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1000 – the book of the Bible.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1623–6 – a departure in general.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * before 1646 – the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1831 – a mass departure, especially of emigrants.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A departure of a large number of people; mass [[emigration]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(capitalized)'' The departure of the [[Israelite|alt=Israelites]] from Egypt under [[Moses]].^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(capitalized)'' The second book of the [[Bible]], telling of this departure.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[exit]]

+ * [[episode]]

+ * [[method]]

+ * [[odometer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}