Where does “deflatingly” come from?
deflatingly (English) comes from English deflating, from English deflate, from English inflate, from Latin īnflātus, from Latin īnflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
deflatingly (English): So as to deflate
Ancestry of “deflatingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | deflating | present participle of deflate |
| 2 | English | deflate | To remove air or some other gas from within an... |
| 3 | English | inflate | To enlarge an object by pushing air into it; to... |
| 4 | Latin | īnflātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | īnflō | — |
| 6 | Latin | flō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |