Where does “puteari” come from?
puteari (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin potere, from Latin possum, from Proto-Italic *possom.
puteari (Aromanian): power
Ancestry of “puteari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | potere | to be able; second-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | possum | I am able, I can, I may |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *possom | — |