Etymograph

English

clientele

Clientele comes from Latin cliēns ‘client, retainer, follower’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcliēns1‘client, retainer, follower’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentclientèle1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1997clientele1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English clientele
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1997, : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault: “The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcliēnsWiktionary, English clientele‘client, retainer, follower’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentclientèleWiktionary, English clientele
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1997clienteleWiktionary, English clientele. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1997, : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault: “The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ‘to hear’

loud, listen, scout, linn, shruti, leer, lithe, umlaut, 14 more

Today it means

noun The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits; a group of specific clients collectively.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin cliēns / clientele

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