depressionary

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English depression

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusder.

Middle English -arie

English -ary

English depressionary

From depression + -ary.

Adjective

depressionary (comparative more depressionary, superlative most depressionary)

1. (economics) Characteristic of a depression