inflate

/ɪnfˈleɪt/in-FLAYT

/ɪnfˈleɪt/in-FLAYT

Meaningto blow in

Common meaning: to fill with air

Other meanings: to raise prices

inin, into; (before adjectives) not
flato blowLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 759 · scan
teverb or noun ending (part of the Latin stem)

‘in, into’ + ‘to blow’ → inflate

Journey through time

Latinflō, flāvī, flātum‘to blow’
Englishinflate‘to fill with air’ · today

in- also in: incest incite induce infamy infant

fla also in: deflate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin flō ‘to blow’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry flō, p. 759 · dictionary scan

Roots

flō, flāvī, flātum Latin “to blow”

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