Where does “bipotentiality” come from?
bipotentiality (English) comes from English potentiality, from English potential, from Late Latin potentialis, from Dutch potentiaal, from German potenzial, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns — to drink.
bipotentiality (English): The capacity to develop in either of two...
Definitions
- The capacity to develop in either of two...
Ancestry of “bipotentiality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | potentiality | The quality of being, or having potential; An... |
| 2 | English | potential | Currently unrealized ability; The gravitational... |
| 3 | Late Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 4 | Dutch | potentiaal | — |
| 5 | German | potenzial | potential |
| 6 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 7 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 8 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 9 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 10 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |