Etymology

exaction

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Today it means: The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force Full definition →

Middle English exaccioun ← Middle French exaction ← Latin exāctiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromexāctiō
  2. Middle French · derived fromexaction
  3. Middle English · inherited fromexaccioun
  4. English todayexaction

From Middle English exaccioun, exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from Old French, from Latin exāctiō.

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