Words that come from Vulgar Latin potere

328 words across 38 languages descend from Vulgar Latin potere — including power, Power, pot, pots, empowered, empowerment, empower, manpower.

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English (195)

French (26)

Middle English (16)

Old French (10)

Italian (9)

Romanian (7)

Spanish (7)

Norman (6)

Irish (5)

Middle French (3)

Galician (3)

Tagalog (3)

Japanese (3)

Welsh (3)

Portuguese (3)

Dutch (2)

Catalan (2)

Friulian (2)

Haitian Creole (2)

Finnish (2)

Anglo-Norman (2)

Hausa (1)

Turkish (1)

Aragonese (1)

Asturian (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Sicilian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Ladin (1)

Cebuano (1)

Occitan (1)

Romansch (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Chichewa (1)

German (1)

Papiamentu (1)