Where does “puissance” come from?
puissance (French) comes from Middle French puissance, from Old French puissance, from Old French puissant, from Old French pooir, from Latin posso, from Finnish possu, from Finnish porsas, from Proto-Finnic porcas — passed , crossed.
puissance (French): power; dominion; to the power of
Definitions
- power; dominion; to the power of
Ancestry of “puissance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | puissance | power |
| 2 | Old French | puissance | power; ability; authority; might; strength |
| 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 |