Etymology

clientele

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Today it means: The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits; a group of specific clients collectively. Full definition →

French clientèle ← Latin cliēns
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcliēns
  2. French · borrowed fromclientèle
  3. English todayclientele

Borrowed from French clientèle, ultimately from Latin cliēns (English client).

Words from the same roots

Latincliēns all →

client

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.