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Where does “potas” come from?

potas (Latin) comes from Latin poto, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

potas (Latin): second-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active indicative...

Ancestry of “potas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpotoI drink
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink
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