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client(n.)

14世纪晚期,“依靠他人庇护生活的人”,源自盎格鲁-法语 clyent(约1300年),源自拉丁语 clientem(主格 cliens)“追随者,随从”(与 clinare “倾斜,弯曲”有关),源自 PIE *klient-,是 *klei- “倾斜”的被动分词形式。显然,这个概念是“依靠他人保护的人”。在古罗马,平民在贵族的监护和保护下(在这种关系中,贵族被称为 patronus; 参见 patron),是贵族的客户。

“律师的客户”这个意思可以追溯到约1400年,到了约1600年,这个词被扩展到任何把特定利益放在另一个人的照顾和管理上的客户。相关词: Cliency

The relation of client and patron between a plebeian and a patrician, although at first strictly voluntary, was hereditary, the former bearing the family name of the latter, and performing various services for him and his family both in peace and war, in return for advice and support in respect to private rights and interests. Foreigners in Rome, and even allied or subject states and cities, were often clients of Roman patricians selected by them as patrons. The number of a patrician's clients, as of a baron's vassals in the middle ages, was a gage his greatness. [Century Dictionary]
在平民和贵族之间的客户和保护人的关系,虽然起初是自愿的,但是是世袭的,前者使用后者的家族名称,在和平和战争中为他及其家族提供各种服务,以换取在私人权利和利益方面的建议和支持。在罗马的外国人,甚至是盟友或附属的国家和城市,经常是罗马贵族的客户,由他们选定为保护人。贵族的客户数量,就像中世纪男爵的封臣一样,是衡量他的伟大的标志。[世纪词典]

该词起源时间:14世纪末