Etymology

disinflation

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Today it means: A decrease in the inflation rate. Full definition →

English inflation ← Old French inflation ← Latin īnflātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  11. Proto-Italic*en
  12. Proto-Italic*en-
  13. Latinin-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  16. Proto-Italic*flāō
  17. Latinflō
  18. Latinīnflō
  19. Latinīnflātiō
  20. Old Frenchinflation
  21. Englishinflation
  22. English todaydisinflation

From dis- + inflation.

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