Where does “inflātīve” come from?
inflātīve (Middle English) comes from Medieval Latin inflativus, from Latin īnflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “inflātīve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | inflativus | — |
| 2 | Latin | īnflō | — |
| 3 | Latin | flō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |