Where does “potentialis” come from?
potentialis (Late Latin) comes from Dutch potentiaal, from German potenzial, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis — to drink.
potentialis (Late Latin): force, power
Definitions
- force, power
Ancestry of “potentialis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | potentiaal | — |
| 2 | German | potenzial | potential |
| 3 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 4 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 5 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 6 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 7 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
Words derived from “potentialis”
- potential
- potentially
- potentiality
- equipotential
- overpotential
- geopotential
- multipotential
- pseudopotential
- biopotential
- bipotential
- superpotential
- potentialization
- isopotential
- underpotential
- myopotential
- afterpotential
- prepotential
- potentialize
- bipotentiality
- nonpotential
- underpotentially
- nonpotentiality
- quasipotential
- tripotential