Where does “influența” come from?
influența (Romanian) comes from French influence, from Old French influence, from Medieval Latin influentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
influența (Romanian): to influence
Definitions
- to influence
Ancestry of “influența”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | influence | influence; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | influence | inundation; flooding; influx of water; influence,... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | influentia | influence |
| 4 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 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 |