Where does “poderoso” come from?

poderoso (Italian) comes from Italian podere, from Italian potere, from Vulgar Latin potere, from Latin possum, from Proto-Italic *possom.

poderoso (Italian): powerful, mighty

Definitions

  1. powerful, mighty

Ancestry of “poderoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpoderefarm; croft, quillet
2Italianpoterecan, could; be able to; may, might; be possible...
3Vulgar Latinpotereto be able; second-person singular present...
4LatinpossumI am able, I can, I may
5Proto-Italic*possom—

Words derived from “poderoso”

Every word from Proto-Italic *possom →Every word from Latin possum →Every word from Vulgar Latin potere →