'anti-inflationary' originates from the prefix 'anti-' meaning 'against' and the word 'inflation,' which comes from Latin 'inflare,' meaning 'to blow into.'

'Inflation' evolved from the Latin word 'inflatio,' which was used in the 16th century to describe the act of inflating something. The term 'anti-inflationary' was later coined to describe measures against economic inflation.

Initially, 'inflation' referred to the physical act of inflating, but over time it evolved to describe the economic phenomenon of rising prices. 'Anti-inflationary' specifically targets this economic context.