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
Ancestry of “poderoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | podere | farm; croft, quillet |
| 2 | Italian | potere | can, could; be able to; may, might; be possible... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | potere | to be able; second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | possum | I am able, I can, I may |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *possom | — |
Words derived from “poderoso”