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influentia
Medieval Latin · medieval
"a flowing in, an astral force"
literally a flowing in, from an astrological belief in unseen forces flowing from the stars
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influence
English · 1300s
"the power to affect people or events"
broadened from astrological forces to any power affecting people or events
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