English
affluent
Affluent comes from Latin affluō ‘flow to or towards’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffluō‘flow to or towards’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffluentem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600affluent
- Englishearliest quotation 1672same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffluō‘flow to or towards’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaffluentem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600affluent
- Englishearliest quotation 1672same form
Earliest quotation: 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus: “affluent blood”.
A compound of ad ‘to, towards’ + fluō ‘flow’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’
Latin ad ‘to, towards’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘to swell, blow’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH- ‘to overflow’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti
Latin fluō ‘flow’
Every English word from Latin affluō
Today it means
noun Someone who is wealthy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin affluō / affluent