Etymology

influencive

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Today it means: influential Full definition →

English influence ← Middle English influence ← Old French influence
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  8. Latinfluō
  9. Latinīnfluō
  10. Latinīnfluēns
  11. Medieval Latinīnfluentia
  12. Old Frenchinfluence
  13. Middle Englishinfluence
  14. Englishinfluence
  15. English todayinfluencive

From influence + -ive.

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