Confluent
/ˈkɒn.flu.ənt/noun
流ing together or meeting at a common point, especially of rivers, veins, or ideas.
Did you know?In anatomy, a confluence is where vessels or channels join, preserving the word’s original image of separate streams becoming one.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleu-
“To flow or swim”
Classical Latin
Latin
fluere
“To flow”
Classical Latin
Latin
confluere
“To flow together or converge”
Late Latin
Latin
confluens
“Flowing together; meeting in a stream”
15th Century
English
confluent
“Joining or flowing together”
Modern English
English
confluent
“Meeting or merging at a common point”