Where does “Zehnerpotenz” come from?
Zehnerpotenz (German) comes from German Potenz, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.
Zehnerpotenz (German): decimal power
Definitions
- decimal power
Ancestry of “Zehnerpotenz”, step by step
Zehnerpotenz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Potenz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Potenz | potency; virility; power |
| 2 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 3 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 4 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via German Zehner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zehner | ten |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |