English
afflate
Afflate comes from Latin afflō ‘to blow or breathe on or towards’, and goes back to flō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflō‘breathe, blow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEafflō‘to blow or breathe on or towards’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEafflātusperfect passive participle of afflō
- Englishearliest quotation 1853afflate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflō‘breathe, blow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEafflō‘to blow or breathe on or towards’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEafflātusperfect passive participle of afflō
- Englishearliest quotation 1853afflate
Earliest quotation: 1853, George Cubitt, The Life of Martin Luther: “There was[…]a “spirit of courage” breathed into his [sc.…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-
blow, blast, bliss, bladder, flux, fluent, feeble, confluence, fluency, blithely, fluvial, blare, blasé, bleat, blather, 44 more
through Latin flō ‘breathe, blow’
inflation, flavor, inflate, flatulence, soufflé, conflate, 17 more
Today it means
verb To fill, especially with divine inspiration.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flō / afflate