EXODUS -

PRONUNCIATION: (EK-suh-duhs)

MEANING: noun: A large scale departure or emigration.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, from Greek exodos (the road out), from ex- (out) + hodos (way, road, journey), which also gave us odometer, electrode, diode, episode, method, and synod. Earliest documented use: 1000.
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EX-ONUS - former spouse is to blame

EX-MODUS - previous way of doing things

IXODUS - order of deer ticks, in scientific classification