Etymology

inflation

in·fla·tion
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Today it means: An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid. Full definition →

Old French inflation ← Latin īnflātiō ← Proto-Italic *flāō
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inflation · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  7. Proto-Italic*flāō
  8. Latinflō
  9. Latinīnflō
  10. Latinīnflātiō
  11. Old Frenchinflation
  12. English todayinflation

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion.

Inflation · proper noun2

From inflation.

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