English
agflation
Blend of agricultural + inflation; compare stagflation.
A blend of agricultural + inflation
Latin flō ‘blow’
Latin īnflō ‘blow into, expand’
Latin īnflātus ‘inflated, having been blown into’
Latin īnflātiō ‘expansion", "blowing up’
Old French inflation ‘swelling’
English inflation
The story
Blend of agricultural + inflation; compare stagflation.
Today it means
noun An increase in the price of food crops, especially due to increased demand, and to diversification into the production of biomass
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / agflation