Where does “podesta” come from?
Podesta comes from Italian podestà, from Latin potestas meaning power or authority, ultimately deriving from Proto-Italic potistāts.
podesta (English): A chief magistrate of the Italian republics in...
Definitions
- A chief magistrate of the Italian republics in...
Ancestry of “podesta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | podestà | podesta: a high office in various medieval and... |
| 2 | Italian | potestà | power, authority |
| 3 | Latin | potestas | power, ability; mastery, control; authority,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | potistāts | — |