Effluence
/ˈɛf.lu.əns/noun
The process of flowing out; an outflow or emission.
Did you know?Effluence comes from Latin effluere, and the same root behind “flu-” words also gave English terms like “fluid” and “influence,” where the original image is something flowing in or out.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
effluere
“to flow out”
Late Latin
Latin
effluentia
“a flowing out; outflow”
14th Century
Middle English
effluence
“an outflow or emission”
Modern English
English
effluence
“the process of flowing out; an outflow or emission”
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