Where does “clientelă” come from?

clientelă (Romanian) comes from French clientèle, from Latin clientēla, from Latin cliēns, from Latin clueo, from Proto-Italic kluēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

clientelă (Romanian): clientele

Definitions

clientele

Ancestry of “clientelă”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	clientèle	clientele
2	Latin	clientēla	clientship, patronage
3	Latin	cliēns	customer
4	Latin	clueo	I am called or named; I am reputed
5	Proto-Italic	kluēō	to be known
6	Proto-Indo-European	ḱlew-	to hear
7	Proto-Indo-European	ḱel-	to cover; to incline

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →