Where does “εξουσία” come from?

εξουσία (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἐξουσία, from Ancient Greek ἐξόν, from Ancient Greek ἔξεστι, from Ancient Greek ἐστί, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

εξουσία (Greek): authority, power the enforcement of rules etc

Definitions

  1. authority, power the enforcement of rules etc

Ancestry of “εξουσία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐξουσίαpower, means, license, or authority to do...
2Ancient Greekἐξόν—
3Ancient Greekἔξεστιit is possible, it is allowed
4Ancient Greekἐστίthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti →Every word from Ancient Greek ἐστί →Every word from Ancient Greek ἔξεστι →