client
KLY-uhnt · noun
Origin
Client comes from Middle English client, borrowed through Anglo-Norman clyent and Old French client, from Latin cliēns. Cliēns is akin to the Latin verb clinare, meaning "to lean."
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Related words
Client shares a root with clinare, the Latin verb for "to lean" — the same idea of leaning that sits behind its Latin ancestor cliēns.