English
clientèle
Clientèle comes from Latin cliēns ‘client, retainer, follower’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcliēns‘client, retainer, follower’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentclientèle
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcliēns‘client, retainer, follower’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentclientèle
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ‘to hear’
listen, loud, scout, linn, shruti, leer, lithe, umlaut, 14 more
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cliēns / clientèle