English
inflaton
From inflate + -on.
A compound of inflate + -on
Latin flō ‘to blow’
Latin īnflō ‘inflate, blow into’
Latin īnflātus ‘inflated, having been blown into’
English inflate
Today it means
noun A proposed particle that would have been responsible for inflation in the very early universe.
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Etymograph / inflaton