Meaning

noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort

noun a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Medieval Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Medieval Latin fluō Medieval Latin īnfluōder. Medieval Latin īnfluēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Medieval Latin -ius Medieval Latin -ia Medieval Latin īnfluentiabor. Old…

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