YoĂŻn van Spijk 6 months ago
The words 'fluent', 'fluid', and 'influence' come from the Latin verb 'fluere', which means "to flow".
'Fluere' and 'to flow' look very similar, so they must be etymologically related, right?
No! They're entirely unrelated.
'To flow' is related to 'pluere' (to rain) instead.
Here's how we know: