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Where does the word "confluence" come from? It comes from Latin confluere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "confluence" come from? It comes from Latin confluere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Confluence’s story begins in Latin: confluere meant “to flow together.” To flow together, from com- (together) and fluere (to flow). It reached English by 1400s as confluence. Settled as the English word for the point where two rivers or things meet. Today, confluence means the point where two rivers meet, or the coming together of ideas or factors.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient confluere "to flow together", to flow together, from com- (together) and fluere (to flow).
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s confluence "the point where two rivers or things meet and combine", settled as the English word for the point where two rivers or things meet.