Etymology

knitfluencer

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Today it means: Someone who posts content on social media about knitting. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gnod-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónu
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵnu-tonder.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*knuttô
  5. Proto-Germanic*knuttijaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*knuttijan
  7. Old Englishcnyttan
  8. Middle Englishknytten
  9. Englishknit
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  11. Proto-Italic*en
  12. Proto-Italic*en-
  13. Latinin-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  17. Latinfluō
  18. Latinīnfluō
  19. Latinīnfluēns
  20. Medieval Latinīnfluentia
  21. Old Frenchinfluence
  22. Middle Englishinfluence
  23. Englishinfluence
  24. Englishinfluencer
  25. English todayknitfluencer

From knit + -fluencer.

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