Where does “déflation” come from?
déflation (French) comes from French inflation, from Old French inflation, from Latin īnflātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
déflation (French): deflation; wind erosion
Definitions
- deflation; wind erosion
Ancestry of “déflation”, step by step
déflation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French inflation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | inflation | inflation |
| 2 | Old French | inflation | swelling |
| 3 | Latin | īnflātiō | inflation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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- | — |