Where does “possessen” come from?
possessen (Middle English) comes from Middle French possesser, from Old French possesser, from Latin possessus, from Latin possideō, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tis — to drink.
Ancestry of “possessen”, step by step
Words derived from “possessen”