Dutch word exorbitant comes from Latin orbita, Latin de, and later Latin exorbito (I go off the track, deviate.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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orbita | Latin (lat) | A circuit, orbit.. A path, track.. A track or rut made by a wheel.. An impression, mark. |
de | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin) of persons. From, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds.. From, away from, to indicate the place from which someone or something departs or [...] |
exorbito | Latin (lat) | I go off the track, deviate. |
exorbitans | Latin (lat) | |
exorbitant | Dutch (nld) |