An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

To become inflated; to increase, especially suddenly and substantially. → inflation, → inflatory model.

Etymology (EN): Inflate, from L. inflatus p.p. of inflare “to blow into, puff up,” from → in- “into” + flare “to blow.”

Etymology (PE): Pandâmidan “to swell,” from pandâm [Mo’in] “swelling;” Borujerdi panâm, panam “swellig;” Malâyeri panomidan “to swell;” Laki penamiyen “to swell;” Hamadâni pandumidan “swelling of the eye or other parts of the body;” Kermâni padum kerdan “to swell,” padum “swelled; fat, corpulent;” Tâleši pandâm, pandom “swelling;” Gilaki pandâm kudan “rising of river water caused by flood;” cf. Gk. pneuma “wind; breath,” from pnein “to blow; to breathe;” PIE base *pneu- “to breathe.” Related terms in other Indo-European languages: O.E. fnaeran “to breathe heavily,” fneosan “to snort, sneeze;”
M.H.G. pfnusen, pfnehen “to breathe, pant, sniff, snort, sneeze;” Norw. fnysa “to breeze;” M.Du. fniesen, Du. fniezen “to sneeze;”
O.H.G. niosan, Ger. niesen “to sneeze.”