"influence" in seven languages
Meaninginfluence
Spanish
influencia
/influˈenθja/
fem.learned
French
influence
/ɛ̃flyɑ̃s/
fem.learned
Italian
influenza
/influˈɛntsa/
fem.learned
Also 'flu' — the source of English influenza.
Portuguese
influência
/ĩfluˈẽsjɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
influență
/influˈentsə/
fem.learned
Catalan
influència
/imfluˈɛnsiə/
fem.learned
English
influence
/ˈɪnfluəns/
from Latin/French · Old French influence / Medieval Latin influentia
English → ItalianinfluenceinfluenzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INFLUENTIAM (Medieval Latin)‘a flowing in (from the stars)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Influence was what flowed in from the stars to shape your fate. Italian used the same word for epidemics blamed on the stars, and English borrowed that sense as influenza, then clipped it to flu.
English relatives: influenza, flu, fluid, influx
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In a sentence
- esTiene mucha influencia sobre su hermano.
- frElle a beaucoup d'influence sur son frère.
- itHa molta influenza su suo fratello.
- ptEla tem muita influência sobre o irmão.
- roAre o mare influență asupra fratelui ei.
- caTé molta influència sobre el seu germà.
- enShe has a lot of influence on her brother.
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