Where does “self-impotent” come from?
self-impotent (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.
self-impotent (English): Incapable of self-fertilization
Definitions
- Incapable of self-fertilization
Ancestry of “self-impotent”, step by step
self-impotent 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 |
via English Self
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 2 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |