Where does “potere” come from?

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

potere (Italian): can, could; be able to; may, might; be possible...

Definitions

  1. can, could; be able to; may, might; be possible...

Ancestry of “potere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinpotereto be able; second-person singular present...
2LatinpossumI am able, I can, I may
3Proto-Italic*possom—

Words derived from “potere”

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