Where does “superpuissance” come from?
superpuissance (French) comes from French puissance, 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 — passed , crossed.
superpuissance (French): superpower
Ancestry of “superpuissance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | puissance | power; dominion; to the power of |
| 2 | Middle French | puissance | power |
| 3 | Old French | puissance | power; ability; authority; might; strength |
| 4 | Old French | puissant | powerful; mighty |
| 5 | Old French | pooir | can; to be able to; power; ability; capability |
| 6 | Latin | posso | to be able |
| 7 | Finnish | possu | piggy, pig, piglet; a slovenly person; pork |
| 8 | Finnish | porsas | A piglet; Pork; A pig in the sense of messy,... |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | porcas | piglet |
| 10 | Romanian | porc | pig , hog, swine; pork |
| 11 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |