Etymograph

English

inflationism

From inflation + -ism.

Formed from inflation + -ism

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

Today it means

noun A policy or belief that encourages inflation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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