Etymology

superinflation

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Today it means: A very high rate of inflation Full definition →

English inflation ← Old French inflation ← Latin īnflātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Latinīnflātiō
  8. Old Frenchinflation
  9. Englishinflation
  10. English todaysuperinflation

From super- + inflation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.