Where does “puissantness” come from?
puissantness (English) comes from English puissant, from Middle English puissaunt, from Old French puissant, from Old French pooir, from Latin posso, from Finnish possu, from Finnish porsas, from Proto-Finnic porcas — passed , crossed.
puissantness (English): puissance; power
Definitions
- puissance; power
Ancestry of “puissantness”, step by step
puissantness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English puissant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | puissant | Powerful, mighty, having authority |
| 2 | Middle English | puissaunt | powerful, mighty, puissant |
| 3 | Old French | puissant | powerful; mighty |
| 4 | Old French | pooir | can; to be able to; power; ability; capability |
| 5 | Latin | posso | to be able |
| 6 | Finnish | possu | piggy, pig, piglet; a slovenly person; pork |
| 7 | Finnish | porsas | A piglet; Pork; A pig in the sense of messy,... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | porcas | piglet |
| 9 | Romanian | porc | pig (mammal of genus Sus), hog, swine |
| 10 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |