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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1517/
- Published: 2024-03-25T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-25T17:34:13.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

The word for today is…

conflate (verb):

1a: to bring together : blend  
b: confuse  
2: to combine (things, such as two versions of a text) into a composite whole

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conflate?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Conflate can be traced back to the same roots as the English verb blow. Conflate comes from conflatus, a form of the Latin verb conflare (“to blow together, to fuse”), which was formed by combining the prefix com-, meaning “with” or “together,” with the Latin verb flare, meaning “to blow.” Blow’s ancestor, the Old English word blowan, shares an ancestor with flare. When two or more things are conflated, they are figuratively “blown together” either by someone’s confusion or ingenuity. Other descendants of flare in English include flavor, inflate, and, flatulent.

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