Where does “affluent” come from?

Affluent derives from French affluent, from Latin affluentem, the accusative form of affluens, meaning "flowing toward," from the verb affluo composed of ad- "to" and fluō "to flow," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and bʰel-.

affluent (English): Somebody who is wealthy; A stream or river...

Definitions

  1. Somebody who is wealthy; A stream or river...

Ancestry of “affluent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchaffluent
2Latinaffluentemaccusative masculine singular of affluēns;...
3LatinAdtoward, to
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “affluent

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos