Where does “Potentialdifferenz” come from?
Potentialdifferenz (German) comes from German Potential, from German Potenzial, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis — to drink.
Potentialdifferenz (German): potential difference
Definitions
- potential difference
Ancestry of “Potentialdifferenz”, step by step
Potentialdifferenz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Potential
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Potential | Alternative spelling of Potenzial; potential |
| 2 | German | Potenzial | potential |
| 3 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 4 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 5 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 6 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 7 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via German Differenz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Differenz | difference |
| 2 | Italian | differire | to defer, to postpone; to differ, to be different |
| 3 | Latin | differre | present active infinitive of differō |
| 4 | Latin | differo | I carry different ways, spread, scatter,... |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |