English
friendflation
A blend of friend + inflation, launched in 2024 by no identified individual.
Proto-Indo-European *preyH- ‘to please’
Proto-Germanic *frijōndz ‘friend’
Proto-West Germanic *friund
Old English frēond
Middle English freend
English friend
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
A blend of friend + inflation, launched in 2024 by no identified individual.
Today it means
noun Increased financial burden of maintaining social contacts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / friendflation