The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃erbʰ-
- Latinorbita
- Latinexorbitō
- Late Latinexorbitāns
- Old Frenchexorbitant
- Middle Englishexorbitant
- English todayexorbitant
From Middle English exorbitant, through Old French from Late Latin exorbitāns, present active participle of exorbitō (“to go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare French exorbitant.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.