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Confluence

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the point where two rivers meet, or the coming together of ideas or factors
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Stage 1 of 2
confluere
Latin · ancient
"to flow together"
to flow together, from com- (together) and fluere (to flow)
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Stage 2 of 2
confluence
English · 1400s
"the point where two rivers or things meet and combine"
settled as the English word for the point where two rivers or things meet
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