Where does “deflater” come from?
deflater (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-.
deflater (English): Alternative form of deflator
Definitions
- Alternative form of deflator
Ancestry of “deflater”, step by step
deflater 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 ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |