exorbitant的词源

英文词源

exorbitant (adj.)

mid-15c., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from Late Latin exorbitantem (nominative exorbitans), present participle of exorbitare "deviate, go out of the track," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + orbita "wheel track" (see orb). General sense of "excessive, immoderate" is from 1620s; of prices, rates, etc., from 1660s. Related: Exorbitantly.

中文词源

exorbitant：高得离谱的

ex-, 向外。orbit, 轨道。即偏离正常轨道的，引申义价格高得离谱的。

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