Where does “affluence” come from?
Affluence comes from Old French affluence, from Latin affluentia, combining the Latin prefix ad- with affluere meaning "to flow toward," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to" and "to swell or flow."
affluence (English): An abundant flow or supply; An abundance of...
Definitions
- An abundant flow or supply; An abundance of...
Ancestry of “affluence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | affluence | — |
| 2 | Latin | affluentia | a flowing to, flow to; abundance, copiousness;... |
| 3 | Latin | affluēns | flowing, running or floating to, towards or in |
| 4 | Latin | affluō | to flow, run or float to, towards or in |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |