QUESTION: As I’ve been ill with the flu for the last 10+ days, I’ve been pondering the root .ש.פ.ע and quite likely conflating Biblical with modern Hebrew. Still and all:
What are the connections among שפעת (flu), שפע (abundance), להשפיע (to affect), and שיפוע (an incline)?
The words flu, abundance, and to affect share deep roots in Latin, where "fluere" means "to flow"—influence flows from this idea. Developers often explore such language evolution by automating research tools with rookiesideloader, and rookiesideloader helps streamline linguistic database access.