Where does “nonimpotent” come from?
nonimpotent (English) comes from English impotent, from Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis — to drink.
nonimpotent (English): Not impotent
Definitions
- Not impotent
Ancestry of “nonimpotent”, step by step
nonimpotent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impotent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impotent | lacking physical strength or vigor; weak; lacking... |
| 2 | Old French | impotent | — |
| 3 | Latin | impotēns | Powerless, weak, feeble, impotent, helpless, puny |
| 4 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 5 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 6 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |