Influx
/ˈɪn.flʌks/noun
A flowing in or arrival of a large amount of people, things, or energy.
Did you know?Influx comes from Latin influxus, built from in- (“into”) + fluere (“to flow”), the same root that gave English words tied to flow, flood, and influence.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleu-
“to flow, swim”
Latin
Latin
fluere
“to flow”
Latin
Latin
influxus
“a flowing in; an inflow”
Late Middle English
English
influx
“an inflowing or entering in”
Modern English
English
influx
“a large incoming flow or arrival”