Etymology

client

cli·ent
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Today it means: A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. Full definition →

Middle English client ← Anglo-Norman clyent ← Old French client
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcliēns
  2. Old French · derived fromclient
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromclyent
  4. Middle English · inherited fromclient
  5. English todayclient

From Middle English client, from Anglo-Norman clyent, Old French client, from Latin cliēns, akin to clinare (“to lean”).

Words from the same roots

Latincliēns all →

clientele

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.