Where does “Deflategate” come from?
Deflategate (English) comes from English deflate, from English inflate, from Latin īnflātus, from Latin īnflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
Deflategate (English): A 2015 controversy around allegations of underinflated footballs in the 2014–15 NFL playoffs
Definitions
- A 2015 controversy around allegations of underinflated footballs in the 2014–15 NFL playoffs
Ancestry of “Deflategate”, step by step
Deflategate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deflate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deflate | To remove air or some other gas from within an... |
| 2 | English | inflate | To enlarge an object by pushing air into it; to... |
| 3 | Latin | īnflātus | inflated, having been blown into |
| 4 | Latin | īnflō | to inflate; to blow into |
| 5 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English gate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gate | A doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 4 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |