Where does “poesté” come from?
poesté (Old French) comes from Latin potestas, from Proto-Italic potistāts.
poesté (Old French): power; authority
Ancestry of “poesté”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | potestas | power, ability; mastery, control; authority,... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | potistāts | — |