client

client
client late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. clyent (c.1300), from L. clientem (nom. cliens) "follower, retainer," perhaps a variant of prp. of cluere "listen, follow, obey" (see LISTEN (Cf. listen)); or, more likely, from clinare "to incline, bend," from suffixed form of PIE root *klei- "to lean" (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)). The ground sense is of one who leans on another for protection. In ancient Rome, a plebian under protection of a patrician (in this relationship called patronus, see PATRON (Cf. patron)); originally in English "a lawyer's customer," by c.1600 extended to any customer.

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