Where does “deflationism” come from?
deflationism (English) comes from English deflation, from English deflate, from English inflate, from Latin īnflātus, from Latin īnflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
deflationism (English): A theory proposing that assertions that predicate...
Definitions
- A theory proposing that assertions that predicate...
Ancestry of “deflationism”, step by step
deflationism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deflation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deflation | An act or instance of deflating; A decrease in... |
| 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 | inflated, having been blown into |
| 5 | Latin | īnflō | to inflate; to blow into |
| 6 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 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- | — |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |