Where does “conflate” come from?
Conflate comes from Latin conflatus, the past participle of conflo, meaning to blow together, from con- and the root bʰel- meaning to swell or blow.
conflate (English): To bring together and fuse into a single...
Definitions
- To bring together and fuse into a single...
Ancestry of “conflate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cōnflātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | cōnflō | — |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | — |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |