Greedflation/Budget #etymology

Is greedflation making you yearn for the days when you could make a soufflé without blowing your budget? Greedflation, the practise of using inflation as an excuse for gouging consumers, is of course a portmanteau of the words greed and inflation. Greed and greedy come from Old English grædig “greedy, covetous”, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *gher- “to like, want”, which also lies behind Old English giernan “to desire, request, demand”, which became Modern English yearn. Inflation comes from Latin inflatio “a puffing up, flatulence”, from the verb inflare, literally “to blow into”, made up of in- meaning “in, into” + flare meaning “to blow”. When combined with a different prefix, sub- meaning “under, up from under”, this Latin word produced sufflare “to blow forth from below; to blow up”, which became French souffler “to puff up” and soufflé, the French baked egg dish which was borrowed into English. Latin flare can be traced back to the PIE root *bhle- “to blow”, which also came into the Germanic branch as Old English blawan “to blow” becoming Modern English blow. Ultimately this PIE root probably comes from the more basic root *bhel- “to blow, swell”, which also had the extended form *bhelgh- “to swell”, which, passing through a Gaulish form, was borrowed into Latin as bulga “leather bag”, later becoming Old French bouge “leather bag, wallet, pouch” with the diminutive form bougette, which was borrowed into English in the 15th c. and gained its modern sense as budget in the 18th c. Greedflation really blows.