"extortionary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Etymology tree English extortion Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English extortionary From extortion + -ary. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|extortion|-ary|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English extortion Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English extortionary [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-arie", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ary", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "extortionary", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="extortionary"> From extortion + -ary. Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} extortionary
  1. Of, relating to, or typical of extortion; extortionate.
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