'recessionary' originates from the word 'recession', which comes from the Latin word 'recessio', where 're-' meant 'back' and 'cedere' meant 'to go'.

'recessio' transformed into the French word 'récession', and eventually became the modern English word 'recession' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'a going back or withdrawal', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a period of economic decline'.